BJP will lose if variety of selfies with me converts into votes, stated Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi
Majuli, Assam:
Welcomed by scores of supporters who showered flowers, performed dhols and hugged him through the marketing campaign, Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi expressed confidence that he’ll win the Jorhat Lok Sabha seat, saying BJP MP Topon Kumar Gogoi will certainly lose if the variety of selfies clicked with him by the individuals converts into votes.
Mr Gogoi, the Congress MP of Kaliabor who’s preventing this time from Jorhat, spent two days in Majuli – the world’s largest river island positioned in the course of Brahmaputra, and addressed as many as 12 road nook conferences throughout the district.
Majuli was earlier a part of Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency, but it surely was added to Jorhat within the delimitation train carried out final 12 months by the Election Fee.
Folks of Jorhat, a constituency as soon as held by Gaurav’s father Tarun Gogoi – the charismatic late CM, shifted allegiance to BJP in 2014. Among the many communities which have a major inhabitants listed here are Ahom, Thengal-Kachari, Mising and tea tribes.
After Mr Gogoi’s Kaliabor seat was rechristened as Kaziranga in delimitation, he was assigned the mighty job of taking over the BJP in Jorhat, which has turn into a stronghold of the ruling get together over the past 10 years. He’s hoping to construct an emotional join with the voters, particularly the younger ones. Nevertheless, bridging the hole of over 82,000 votes, the margin by which Congress misplaced the seat in 2019, seems to be like an uphill job.
41-year-old Gaurav Gogoi, who spent the Wednesday night time at a standard ‘chang ghar’ (elevated home), began round 9 am on Thursday with a chit-chat together with his marketing campaign staff, a mixture of each genders of assorted ages, concerning the day’s plan.
He then straightaway proceeded to Kalitapar village in Pokajara mandal of Majuli for the primary assembly. He was welcomed by native artists with conventional ‘Bihu Dhol’ (drum), whose engaging beats pressured him to shake his legs and dance together with his supporters.
Folks showered flower petals and hugged him, whereas many elderlies kissed the younger politician. Some garlanded him with the standard ‘gamocha’ (scarf) and the youths mobbed him for selfies.
Supporters raised slogans resembling “Gauravor pleasure, raijor pleasure” (Gaurav’s victory is individuals’s victory) and “Jikiboi jikiboi, Gaurav jikiboi” (Gaurav is successful for certain), amongst others.
“I’m overwhelmed with the love you may have showered on me. The variety of pictures and selfies you may have clicked with me, if we convert these into votes, BJP will lose by an enormous margin,” Mr Gogoi stated to a rousing applause and laughter.
Attacking the BJP, he claimed it has been making too many guarantees earlier than each election, however hardly any of them are fulfilled.
“Authorities colleges and schools are getting closed, costs of medicines are going up, inflation of important commodities are at an all-time excessive and farmers’ situations are getting worse,” he alleged.
Gogoi additionally pressured that Majuli, which was as soon as represented by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal within the meeting, is gripped by a slew of issues with the federal government doing least to resolve these.
In an obvious reference to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his household, he stated, “My father was a chief minister for 15 years. Nonetheless, I’ve neither a manufacturing unit in my identify nor a tea backyard. There is no such thing as a manufacturing unit in my mom’s identify as properly.”
Thereafter, Mr Gogoi went to Natun Chapori Mising, Cherepai Khowa and Dhapak villages, and held comparable conferences.
Taking an hour break, he had lunch at a celebration employee’s home. On the menu had been rice, dal, sabji, papad and salad.
After having the home-cooked meals, he reached Chumoimari village to start the final leg of his marketing campaign in Majuli. The road assembly at Bongaon Chariali was the final cease with the voters right here.
“Majuli is going through monumental erosion, however the BJP authorities is doing nothing. The way in which you might be getting me now, I can be there with you after successful additionally. I’ll all the time stand by you in your dangerous days,” he stated.
Mr Gogoi alongside together with his staff of half-a-dozen get together employees left Majuli at 4 pm in a pre-booked single-engine ferry from Aphalamukh ghat on the way in which to Jorhat city.
After reaching Jorhat, Gogoi had a collection of closed-door conferences with totally different like-minded political and social teams. These conferences continued until round 8.30 pm.
The final programme of the day of the deputy chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha was a dinner assembly with native journalists.
After dinner, the members of his staff left for his or her properties to fulfill once more the subsequent morning for an additional day of the marketing campaign.
Jorhat will vote within the first part on April 19 together with 4 different seats in Higher Assam.
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