Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took to Twitter to express his condolences and said that Adhikar's creation has enriched the field of Assamese children's literature and that his demise is a great loss for the fraternity.
Adhikari received Sahitya Academy award for children literature. He was also the founder Principal of Chaygaon College. He has composed over a hundred poems and won hearts of countless young minds. He started composing poems in 1951 when he was a Class VI student and continued to inspire people for six long decades.