Sentinel Digital Desk
Akhil Gogoi came under government scanner in 2005 when he exposed a PDS (Public Distribution System) rice scam in his home district of Golaghat, Assam.
Gogoi received the Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award for his stand against corruption in 2008.
Gogoi around mid-2009, lead a state-wide movement against construction of big dams in the ecologically sensitive regions of Gerukamukh village in Dhemaji and Lower Subansiri of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Gogoi received the National Right to Information (RTI) Award from the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF), a Delhi based NGO.
A report of the Assam government alleged that Gogoi had close connections with CPI-Maoist. Challenging the report Gogoi dared the Assam government to prove the allegations levelled against him.
Gogoi sat on an indefinite hunger-strike in Guwahati, demanding release of 27 anti-dam protesters, arrested from Ghaghar Village in Lakhimpur district on May 11.
New political organisation Gana Mukti Sangram Asom was formed by Gogoi and KMSS during the bi-annual conference of KMSS.
In Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti's 5th bi-annual conference, Gogoi announced that the party would contest the next Assam elections.
Assam Police arrested Gogoi in Jorhat when anti-CAA protests across Assam had taken a violent turn. Gogoi has been in jail since.
Gauhati HC rejected the plea of bail of Akhil Gogoi. His lawyers likely to move Supreme Court.