Assam Assembly elections | Akhil Gogoi poorest of four party chiefs in Assam Phase I polls

Jailed rights activist Akhil Gogoi is the poorest of a quartet of party presidents whose Assembly constituencies in eastern Assam go to the polls in the first phase on March 27. His Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) counterpart and Agriculture Minister Atul Bora is the richest. But Mr. Gogoi is the “richest” when it comes to criminal cases, members of his new regional party Raijor Dal said. His affidavit lists 56 cases, including two pursued by the National Investigation Agency, and they range from illegal assembly, abetment to suicide, involvement in terrorism, rioting and sedition.