Guwahati: Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, who had been battling for his life with post-Covid complications in a hospital for weeks, died of multiple organ failure, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled his death and said he was a “popular leader and a veteran administrator”.
“Shri Tarun Gogoi Ji was a popular leader and a veteran administrator, who had years of political experience in Assam as well as the Centre. Anguished by his passing away. My thoughts are with his family and supporters in this hour of sadness. Om Shanti,” he tweeted.
President Ram Nath Kovind said Mr Gogoi will be remembered for developing Assam.
“Extremely sad to know of the demise of Shri Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam. The country has lost a veteran leader with rich political and administrative experience. His long tenure in office was a period of epochal change in Assam,” he tweeted.
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