People's Leader Akhil Gogoi Unable to Meet Wife in Jail due to Deteriorating Health

Guwahati, March 3, 2020:

Amid tight security, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) supremo and people's leader Akhil Gogoi's wife, Gitashri Tamuli made her way to Guwahati Central Jail to meet her ailing husband who was suddenly arrested by the authorities amid the protests and rioats against the BJP-led Government's amendment of the Citizenship Act.

Akhil's wife, who went to the jail to meet the people's leader, says that she could not meet him as he is too seek to give audience. "I last saw him when he was admitted to the GMC hospital. I have not seen him seen. Today, I was not permitted to meet him; they said he is too sick", the movement leader's wife said, with an air of resignation.

In the rebellion against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the violent protests that ensued, it was eventually discovered that the greatest sufferers were the children and wives of those who took part in the protests.

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It may be recalled that merely days after the protests shook Assam to its very core, the story of a man who celebrated his 1-year-old toddler's from behind bars captured the imagination of the emotional Assamese.

Meanwhile, the clamour for Gogoi's release has grown into a deafening roar, especially in light of the leader's progressively deteriorating health. Recently, it has been reported that the peasant leader is unable to get up to greet his visitors in jail. Gogoi's comrades, including his deputy and right-hand man Dhairjya Konwar, have now demanded the Government's intervention in ensuring that Gogoi is accorded first class medical facilities in a reputed institute.

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