Skip to content Skip to navigation

Who is BJP's CM candidate: Gaurav

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s entry into BJP will put the people in utter confusion over the chief ministerial candidate.

Hours after Dr Sarma unofficially joined BJP, Gogoi said that if Sarma is made the chief ministerial candidate then what is in store for Sarbananda Sonowal and Siddharth Bhattacharya.

Talking to reports Gogoi  wondered why and how Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma joined BJP a day after he was proud of his party’s victory in the Tiwa autonomous council polls.

Comments

Shital's picture

THis is you true leader. Give him more focus and he might just manage to give us more entertainment. So far I remember his classic entertainment was about his skill recognising male and female fish. Good journalism.

Pages

Add new comment

Assamese Translator

Assam Times seeks English to Assamese translators!
Join our volunteer team.
Email editor@assamtimes.org.

Random Stories

Journalist Ganesh Das remembered

23 May 2009 - 8:17am | Juthika Das
Noted journalist, naturelover, film producer late Ganesh Das was remembered here at Barpeta on May 22 on his 11th death anniversary. In this connection a memorial meeting was held at Barshashree...

Pre-Christmas at Haflong

22 Dec 2010 - 1:44pm | Anup Biswas
All Christians Leaders Forum comprising all the church leaders of Haflong organizes the first ever United Pre-Christmas celebration at Don Bosco school compound today (Sunday) on December 19th...

Honour for young artistes

1 Apr 2015 - 8:31am | Abdul Gani
Assam governor PB Acharya who is also in charge of Nagaland and Tripura gave away the young talented artistes award for the year 2014-15 to 12 young talented artistes from across the north-eastern...

Steel&media tycoon under scanner

1 Sep 2014 - 10:29am | AT News
 Apart from three top political leaders, the Central Bureau of Investigation pulls up its sleeves to quiz a steel and media baron in the multi crore Saradha scam. According to sources, the...

Other Contents by Author

Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused of running nefarious cartel of meat, fish and onion across the state.               Talking to reporters in Guwahati, state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal said that the Congress government has been patronizing the cartel. He said that these cartels were responsible for soaring onion prices. He further dared the government to take action against these cartel runners.
Tension prevails in Azara after police recovered two bodies of unidentified girls from J ogipara who were raped and murdered on October 22 midnight. The situation started simmering as soon police tried to justify it a case of car accident. Local residents in large number refused to leave the police station premise alleging that the police officials are taking the side of the culprits. Someone among the irate mob set on fire the WagoneR seized in this connection. Guwahati MP Bijoya Chakrabortty visited the police station and asked the police office to efficiently deal with the crime. She further asked the agitated people to remain calm.
Two person were killed and two others have been injured in a road mishap in Jorhat district on Friday. The mishap took place early in the morning on the National Highway at Koliapani when a speeding dumper knocked down four persons who were walking. Two died on the spot while two others including a minor boy have been injured. The deceased were identified as Shiva Kurmi and Madhab Gogoi. The dumper managed to flee from the spot.
Rhino poaching refuses to halt in Kaziranga. Poachers have killed yet another rhino in the famed Kaziranga National Park. The incident took place on Thursday night at the Burhapahar range. Hearing sounds of shooting forest gaurds launched an operation where an encounter took place. The poachers were believed to have left the spot even after killing a full grown rhino. The body was spotted at a water body in the wee hours. The horn was found intact. With this, the total number of rhinos killed in Kaziranga has gone up to 35.
Yet another gruesome twin murder case sent anger and shockwave across the state where two girls were raped and murdered near the Borjhar airport. The entire sensational case came to light when police interrogated the driver and owner of a car after it was found abandoned near the railline. After marathan interrogation, the driver confessed that he along two others killed two girls and the bodies were broght in the vehicle to be dumped at a waterbody beside of the rail line. One semi naked body was found on Thursday while the another was found in the hours on Friday. Those arrested include Nripen Das, Kishore Das....drivers and the owner of the vehicle Gopal Barman.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi's son Gaurav married Elizabeth Colburn, an English girl at a high profile wedding ceremony in Delhi where traditional Ahome formalities were observed on Wednesday night. Elizabeth's father handed over his daughter following the traditional Ahom chaklong formalities performed by a group of moulung headed by Dr Jogen Phukan at Sunheribag. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi along with top political leaders are expected to attend the reception on Thursday.
The killer dengue continues to unleash terror in the state. The latest victim is a girl in Lakhimpur. Identified as Ilora Marang, the fashion designing student in Guwahati stayed in Zoo road area where she fell ill. She left for her home in Bihpuria. But no test was conducted. Despite treatment her condition deteriorated. Then blood test cofirmed it a dengue case. The family members took h er to the hospital. But she died on the way to the hospital.
A powerful Improvised Explosive Devise weighing 1.5 kg was seized from Hajo in Kamrup district on Tuesday. According to police, a woman saw the IED, wrapped in a plastic bag with its two electric wires exposed and kept near a petrol pump. On receipt of the information, police, who with the help army bomb disposal squad defused the bomb.
Normal rail traffic remains disrupted after six oil tanker bogies of a goods train derailed in Dima Hasao district on Tuesday.The accident took place in between Harengajao and Migrandisa in the district.According to the Northeast Frontier Railway, the tankers carrying petroleum products jumped the tracks in the morning on the Lumding-Badarpur section. The engine of the train was not damaged as the tankers were six bogies behind it. However, none was injured.It has disrupted movement of trains, including Agartala-Lumding Express, Barak Valley Express and other local trains at different places.
Police have finally released Akhil Gogoi 10 hours after the KMSS leader was picked up for staging dharna in front of CJM court in Guwahati.Flanked by hundreds of his supporters, Gogoi staged dharna opposing anticipatory bail to businessmen Suresh Prithani, Ramavtar Burhakiya and Sanjoy Lohia who have allegedly misused hectres of plots on Guwahati and the adjoining areas alloted to them for business purpose. Gogoi was initially taken to the Panbazar Police Station and then he was shifted to the Sonapur Police station where he was released in the eveining under intense pressure from the KMSS activists.