Rahul Gandhi arrives in Guwahati to pay respects to former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi

Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal will leave for Delhi today while Jitendra Singh, who is also the Congress in-charge for Assam, will stay back to attend Tarun Gogoi’s cremation on Thursday.

Updated on: Nov 25, 2020, 11:25:45 IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with two senior leaders of the party arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday morning to pay their last respects to former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi who died on Monday due to post-Covid complications

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi landed at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on a chartered flight from Goa along with party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Jitendra Singh. (PTI)

Gandhi landed at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on a chartered flight from Goa along with party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Jitendra Singh.

Soon after landing, he along with the other two leaders went directly to Gogoi’s official residence in Guwahati to meet the former leader’s family members including wife Dolly and son Gaurav, a Lok Sabha MP from Assam.

From there, he will go to Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city, where the mortal remains of Gogoi was moved Tuesday evening, and offer last respects to the departed leader.

Gandhi and Venugopal will leave for Delhi after that while Singh, who is also the party in-charge for Assam, will stay back to attend the cremation scheduled on Thursday.

The last rites of Gogoi will be performed at Nabagraha cremation grounds in Guwahati on Thursday morning. The body is slated to be carried from Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra to a mosque, temple, gurudwara and church before it is taken to the cremation ground.

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Utpal Parashar
A seasoned senior journalist, I have nearly three decades of experience across print, digital, and online platforms, covering political transitions, insurgencies, environmental issues, and development stories in India and Nepal. I am skilled in breaking news, leading editorial teams and launch of newspaper editions. I am adept at leveraging digital trends and social media to expand global reach, with a strong ethical foundation and a reputation for impactful journalism. An alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, I joined Hindustan Times in New Delhi as a trainee reporter in May 1997. Over the years, I have been posted in Dehradun, Kathmandu (Nepal) and Guwahati. Currently, as Senior Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times, I lead a team reporting on India’s northeastern states. My work involves in-depth analysis, and engaging multimedia storytelling across formats, including text, photo, video, and interactive content. I am skilled in producing timely, shareable content, leveraging digital platforms and social media to engage global audiences. Throughout my career with the Hindustan Times, I have led diverse editorial teams, designed capacity-building activities, and supported reporters in developing strong story ideas, ethical reporting practices, digital skills, and fact-checking techniques. As Senior Assistant Editor for Northeast India, I have been responsible for guiding correspondents through complex political, humanitarian, and community-level stories using multimedia formats. Earlier, as Foreign Correspondent in Nepal, I produced extensive reporting during Nepal’s democratic transition and the 2015 earthquake and its aftermath.Read More