Lurinjyoti Gogoi, Assam Jatiya Parishad
Unlike Doley and Akhil Gogoi, who are both land rights’ activists, Lurinjyoti Gogoi is a students’ leader and was secretary of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), that has lakhs of members and former members across Assam and a vast network cutting across the state. Several leaders holding top positions in Assam are from an AASU background — from current chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, former CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and current AGP chief Atul Bora.
AASU prides itself on being a vanguard organisation defending the interests of Assam’s indigenous people. However, the body’s current rank and file accuse some of their senior former members like Sonowal and Bora of “betraying the people of Assam”, particularly given their support of the CAA.
In a short span of time, Lurinjyoti Gogoi and the Asom Jatiya Parishad has captured the imagination of many Assamese speaking voters, especially in Upper Assam.
They see the BJP as being a major…