SIVASAGAR, Feb 4 - The demise of former Speaker and former Minister for Law, Handlooms &Textiles, Pronob Gogoi , who died of a massive cardiac arrest yesterday, was mourned by a host of socio-cultural organisations of Sivasagar today as his mortal remains arrived at his Sivasagar Red Cross Road residence in the evening from Guwahati.
Thousands of mourners thronged his residence. Among them Debabrat Saikia, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, paid his homage to the departed leader and said that Pronob Gogoi was a close friend and both the families worked together while his father Late Hiteswar Saikia was alive.
He also said that Pronob Gogoi�s death is a great loss to the Congress and he served the State as a Speaker of the Assembly with dignity. Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner Dr MS Laksmipriya, former MLA Thowra, Sushanta Borgohain, senior Advocate Lohit Prakash Dutta, ADC Junmoni Sonowal and a host of socio-cultural organisations including the Sivasagar district administration, Zila Parishad, Jila Mahila Samity, Sivasagar Bar Association, Rongpur Sahitya Sabha, Rongpur Byobasayik Santha, Sibsagar College, Sivasagar Girls� College, Zila Sahitya Sabha, Nagarik Santha, and many others paid tributes.
His body will be taken to Sivasagar Rajiv Bhawan and then his ancestral village Hanchora Jathipatiya for the last rites.