{"id":7266,"date":"2021-01-08T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2021-01-08T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:22:23","slug":"assam-peasant-leader-akhil-gogoi-may-contest-election-from-jail-in-upcoming-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/assam-peasant-leader-akhil-gogoi-may-contest-election-from-jail-in-upcoming-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam: Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi may contest election from jail in upcoming polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assam, Jan 8:<\/strong> Peasant leader in Assam Akhil Gogoi is expected to contest 2021 assembly polls in Assam from jail as the Gauhati High Court rejected his bail plea.<\/p>\n<p>Gogoi will move to the Supreme Court. He was arrested for sedition charges in 2019 during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Assam.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the NIA court rejected the bail plea of the Gogoi following which he moved the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Gogoi-led Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) had formed a new political party \u2014 the \u2018<strong>Raijor Dal<\/strong>\u2019, or People\u2019s Party to contest next year\u2019s polls.<\/p>\n<p>Peasant leader of Assam Akhil Gogoi, a former member of Team Anna Hazare, was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on December 12 in Jorhat during an <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/fresh-anti-caa-agitation-by-18-organizations-in-assam-from-friday\/\">anti-CAA protest<\/a><\/span>, and was later handed over to the National Investigation Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court granted Gogoi bail in three other cases, related to the burning of a circle office, a post office, and a bank branch in Dibrugarh district in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>His supporters said, \u201c<strong>While we will move the Supreme court seeking his release. 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