Former chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi passed away on Monday after noon, He was 85 and was admitted to Gauhati Medical College Hospital He had tested positive for the coronavirus disease on August 25 and had spent two months in hospital. Assam’s longest serving chief minister was again rushed to hospital due to post-Covid complications. Gogoi was admitted on November 2 after he complained of breathlessness. He suffered multiple organ failure and on Sunday, doctors performed dialysis on him. President Ram Nath Kovind said Mr Gogoi will be remembered for developing Assam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Tarun Gogoi and remembered the leader for his political experience in the state and Centre.
Shri Tarun Gogoi Ji was a popular leader and a veteran administrator, who had years of political experience in Assam as well as the Centre. Anguished by his passing away. My thoughts are with his family and supporters in this hour of sadness. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/H6F6RGYyT4
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 23, 2020
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