TNT PROFILES: Assam Polls 2021 | From student leader to politician, facts you should know about Lurinjyoti Gogoi

GUWAHATI:

With just days to go for the Assam Assembly Election 2021, political parties are gearing up for the biggest election battle in Northeastern India.

Unlike other years, the election in Assam this time around is a three-cornered fight.

With the Bharatiya Janata Party still being the forerunner in the race, the Congress-led Mahajot is banking heavily on minority politics.

Interestingly, the election will also witness many unfamiliar faces contesting for the first time.

One of the prominent faces to have emerged out of students’ politics is the co-founder and president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), Lurinjyoti Gogoi.

The 43-year-old Gogoi was the former General Secretary of the All Assam Students Union (AASU), having led the party at Dibrugarh University.

Gogoi’s AJP will jointly contest the upcoming Assembly Election with Akhil Gogoi led-Raijor Dal, as Lurinjyoti and Akhil had led Anti-CAA protests across Assam.

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POLITICAL JOURNEY:

In November 2020, Lurinjyoti Gogoi quit his post as the General Secretary of the influential All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).

By mid-December, the face of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Assam had announced his intention to join the newly floated Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) - formed by the AASU and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) in September.

He was quickly elected as the party’s first president.

POLITICAL CAREER:

Assam Jatiya Parishad, which had cast an alliance with the Raijor Dal, led by jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi, for the upcoming elections, fielded Lurinjyoti from each Naharkatia and Duliajan constituency.

In February, Lurinjyoti’s convoy was attacked in Nalbari district allegedly by BJP supporters. Fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident.

Lurinjyoti, talking in his maiden tackle as AJP chief in December, clarified his political path.

“The aspirations of Assam and Assamese folks aren’t protected with nationwide events. We now have been duped and exploited for length. The one approach to safeguard our pursuits is to have a platform that believes in robust regionalism,” he said.

“I wish to guarantee folks of Assam that in 2021 we are going to get a regional authority. Will probably be an authority that represents the desires of the folks of Assam. Nobody can cease this journey,” he added.

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BIOGRAPHY:

*Lurinjyoti Gogoi is the first president of AJP.

*Lurinjyoti Gogoi was the General Secretary of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and led a key role in the Anti-CAB protests in Assam.

*A fiery speaker against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Lurinjyoti was extremely critical of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

*He was teary-eyed as he quit AASU, on November 21, 2020.

*Lurinjyoti Gogoi joined Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on December 16, during the AJP convention in Sivasagar.

*Lurinjyoti Gogoi has been appointed as the president of the Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP).

*Dulu Gogoi, mother of Lurinjyoti Gogoi said, “I want my son, Lurinjyoti, to always think and work for the progress of the Assamese Community.”

*The only son of Prabin Gogoi and Dulu Gogoi, Lurinjyoti was born in Morankari Gaon, Laipuli Gram Panchayat, in the Tinsukia district of Assam.

*He studied at Laipuli No. 1 Primary School in his village, Lurinjyoti completed his higher secondary studies at Senairam Higher Secondary School, Tinsukia Assam.

*Lurinjyoti completed his bachelors from Tinsukia College, it was from here that he got involved with the All Assam Students Union (AASU).

*Lurinjyoti completed his post-graduation from Dibrugarh University and currently pursuing a PhD research in Mathematics.

*He is fond of sports-Football and Volleyball being his favourite.

* At Dibrugarh University, Lurinjyoti Gogoi was an active member of the central committee of AASU.

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PERSONAL ASSETS:

He has declared ₹ 7.78 lakh in hand and ₹ 3.21 lakh in bank deposits.

The estimated value of his assets stands at ₹ 15.61 lakh.

He has no criminal record.

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