‘Assam’s history won’t forget Tarun Gogoi’s contribution to public life’
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, senior ministers, including one-time protege Himanta Biswa Sarma, senior Congress leaders, leaders of opposition parties and DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta were among those who laid wreaths on the Congress leader’s body.
Tarun Gogoi’s body makes its final journey in Guwahati on Thursday. (AP) Assam’s longest-serving Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, was cremated Thursday with full state honours after an emotional farewell journey that slowly passed through the roads of Guwahati, lined with thousands of residents waiting to pay their final respects.
Stopping at a church, a Namghar (Vaishnavite prayer hall), a mosque, a temple, and a Bihu field — in accordance with Gogoi’s wishes — the procession finally made its way to the city’s Nabagraha crematorium where the three-time chief minister’s body was consigned to the flames by his son, Gaurav.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, senior ministers, including one-time protege Himanta Biswa Sarma, senior Congress leaders, leaders of opposition parties and DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta were among those who laid wreaths on the Congress leader’s body.
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