Jailed Assam Activist Akhil Gogoi's Mother, 84, Campaigns For Him

Social activists Medha Patkar and Sandeep Pandey have also joined her to campaign for the jailed anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act leader Akhil Gogoi.

Priyada Gogoi is 84 years old and has many ailments, but she is walking the narrow lanes of Assam amid all the hullabaloo of Assembly polls for the last 10 days to campaign for her son Akhil Gogoi and get him released from prison. Social activists Medha Patkar and Sandeep Pandey have also joined her to campaign for the jailed anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act leader, who is contesting from the Sivasagar constituency. Priyada Gogoi, from Selenghat in Jorhat district, has been camping in Sivasagar district for the last seven days and leading the campaigning of Raijor Dal, the newly-floated political outfit of her son. "I am campaigning only for my son. I want to see my son free. I know that only the people can free my son from jail. Winning this election will be the first step for him to come out of the caged life," she said.