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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Gaurav visits Batadrava before taking charge as APCC chief
1 2 Guwahati: Newly appointed Assam PCC chief Gaurav Gogoi on Monday evening arrived in Guwahati to take charge of the post after being named as the successor of outgoing president Bhupen Kumar Borah. Earlier in the day, he went to the revered Batadrava Than in Nagaon before heading towards Guwahati to assume charge on Tuesday morning. Batadrava is the birthplace of the neo-Vaishnavite saint, scholar and social reformer, Srimanta Sankardeva. "In Batadrava Than, we remembered the message the harmony and unity propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva. We are resolved to march ahead in this path shown by him. Our efforts will be to take his ideology to the people in nooks and corners of Assam and India," Gogoi told the media outside the Than. Gogoi's journey from upper Assam to central Assam's Nagaon and then to Morigaon witnessed some undesirable scenes, with municipal administrations confiscating the banners and hoardings installed by Congress to welcome him, citing "unauthorised installation without permission". Gogoi will visit Kamakhya temple on Tuesday morning before assuming charge as the of the Assam PCC president at state Congress headquarters in Rajiv Bhawan. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like USDJPY đang đi lên không? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo Gogoi said he trusts Congress workers at the grassroots, even as Congress believes in collective leadership. Gogoi said Congress will take key decisions on important issues like alliance formation ahead of 2026 assembly election only after taking to Congress workers at the grassroots and senior party leaders into confidence. "Unless we strengthen our party we cannot be a good ally. To be a good and strong alliance partner, first one has to increase its strength. We also need to seek public opinion on issues they want the alliance to address," Gogoi said. He added that Congress will expose "corruption under the BJP-led govt".Nagaon Municipal Board (NMB) authority in Nagaon town and Guwahati Municipal Corporation removed banners and hoardings installed by Congress on Monday morning, while the Congress workers prepared to accord grand welcome to the new state PCC chief. The banners and hoarding were removed and taken away by enforcement wings of the municipal bodies for installing these "without prior permission". AICC recently named Gogoi Assam PCC chief which is significant as Assam is going to the assembly election early next year. His elevation to the top post in state PCC came at a time when Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had been attacking him for last few weeks in connection with his British wife's alleged connection with ISI of Pakistan.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
My wife spent a year in Pak; i visited once, says Gogoi
In his first public elaboration on allegations of the "Pakistani connection" levelled against him and his British wife by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma , newly-appointed Assam PCC president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday said his wife had spent a year in Pakistan in connection with work about 13 years ago and that he did visit the neighbouring nation around that time. But beyond that, Gogoi insisted, there was nothing and he termed Sarma's charges as a " smear campaign ". "There have been some allegations and I want to clarify so that the people of the state are not misled. About 14-15 years ago, my wife, who is a well-known expert in public policy, was involved in an international initiative addressing climate change in South Asia. As part of that work, she spent a year in Pakistan and then came to India in 2012-13, where she has been working ever since. In 2015, she took up a new job," Gogoi said at a presser at the AICC. "I visited there (Pakistan), accompanied her in 2013, about 12 years ago," he said. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pés inchados: Experimente isso para ajudar a drenar o fluído do edema A arte do herbalismo Undo Referring to Sarma's charge on his children's citizenship, Gogoi said, "When it comes to questions related to the citizenship of members of my family, that, I believe, is a private and personal matter". Gogoi targeted Sarma saying: "The facts are out here. It is for the chief minister, if has found something illegal, to make those facts chief minister is trying to turn this into a C-grade Bollywood movie with a so-called release date of September 10. This story is bound to be a complete flop. The people of Assam are already aware of the truth". Live Events He claimed that Sarma was making charges to create apprehensions in the mind of the AICC but his elevation as PCC chief showed that the CM has failed in his effort. "I am grateful to the CM for enhancing my profile," Gogoi quipped. He asked the CM to focus on "the real issues" of the state such as illegal mining and drugs and said the Congress will lead the fight to defeat the "corrupt state government" and will offer a new development model to Assam.
