GUWAHATI: He (Tarun Gogoi) rescued Assam from a period of darkness and led it for 15 years ensuring a new phase of development, said Assam health, finance and education minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma condoling the demise of Assam’s long-serving chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
Dr. Sarma termed the veteran politician as a man of grand vision and extraordinary passion.
“A man of grand vision & extraordinary passion, Sri Tarun Gogoi was an intensely people’s man, focused on progress & enjoyed support of all . I was lucky to have worked under him. He rescued Assam from a period of darkness & led it for 15 yrs ensuring a new phase of development,” Dr. Sarma wrote on Twitter.
A man of grand vision & extraordinary passion, Sri Tarun Gogoi was an intensely people’s man, focused on progress & enjoyed support of all . I was lucky to have worked under him. He rescued Assam from a period of darkness & led it for 15 yrs ensuring a new phase of development pic.twitter.com/Ans8UUgNFs
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 23, 2020
“The loss of Shri Tarun Gogoi is huge & his absence will mean a vacuum in Assam’s politics that shall be difficult to fill. I offer my condolences to the bereaved family & pray to God to give his soul eternal peace. Om Shanti,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said in another tweet.
