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Arupjyoti Baruah
GUWAHATI: On the last day of campaign for the final phase of the election, Assamese singer Arupjyoti Baruah, an ardent follower of warrior artist Bishnu Prasad Rava, one of the doyens of Assamese culture and gana shilpi (people’s artist) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, on Sunday released a song, ‘Bicharor xekh rati (last night of judgment)’, with which he appealed to the people to judge, consider and elect honest and efficient representatives to the assembly to establish a healthier democracy for a good and secure future.
Baruah, who hails from Pathsala, Bajali district in lower Assam, has a music band called ‘Cultivators’ and has been working on the ideologies of Rava, Agarwala and legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika for building a better society.