Jorhat (Assam), March 23 Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi filed his nomination papers from the Jorhat assembly seat on Monday, making his debut electoral foray in the state elections.
The deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha visited religious places of all communities before starting his rally from the Jorhat stadium. It concluded at the district commissioner's office after about three hours, with a large number of people participating in the procession.
The Jorhat MP also visited his family home in the Nazir Ali area and offered prayers before the portrait of his father and former chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
He will engage in a direct fight with veteran BJP politician and sitting MLA Hitendranath Goswami, who has represented the seat for five terms – thrice consecutively since 1991 as an AGP candidate and twice since 2016 for the saffron party.
The last date for filing of nomination papers is on Monday, while the documents will be scrutinised on March 24, and the last date for withdrawal is March 26.
Elections to the 126-member assembly will be held on April 9, and the votes will be counted on May 4.
