Assam BJP suspends party meetings and public rallies till Nov 26 as tribute to Tarun Gogoi

GUWAHATI: As a mark of respect for 3-time former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who passed away at 5:34 PM in the evening today, the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to cancel all-party meetings and public rallies and functions till November 26. Gogoi, who passed away after a two-month-long battle with post-COVID complications, will be laid to rest on November 26th. His body will be kept at the Srimanta Kalakshetra for two days -- on November 22 and 23 -- so that people can pay their last respects to him.

Making the announcement, the Assam BJP party's state General Secretary, Topon Kumar Gogoi, wrote, "As a mark of respect for the veteran, the President of the BJP Ranjeet Kumar Dass has suspended all party meetings and public rallies and functions till November 26."

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After a 2-month long battle for his life, 3-time former Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Monday breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the state’s capital city aged 86. The veteran leader, who was suffering from post-COVID complications, died after ‘multiple organ failure’ at 5:34 pm.

On November 21, Gogoi was admitted to GMCH where he was under observation by a team of doctors which includes Abhijit Sarma, the Superintendent of the medical college, Dr. Nijara Devi, who is a resident doctor and was with former CM since the year 2010, and Haren Basumatary, who was with Gogoi since 1995 served him relentlessly.
Gogoi was put on invasive ventilation on Saturday night as his condition deteriorated.

Nijara Devi, Gogoi’s doctor, said “Tarun Gogoi was a down to earth person and knew how to connect with people. Gogoi knew how to treat people with respect irrespective of who they are.”

Gogoi was born on April 1, 1934 into an Ahom family at Rangajan Tea Estate, then Sivasagar District, now the Jorhat District of Assam.

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