Gogoi contested the election in absentia as he was in jail. He was arrested over sedition charges in 2019 during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. He was also accused of helping set up bases for the Maoists.
On April 22, RTI activist Anil Galgali had sought details of the list - cleared by the Maharashtra cabinet in November 2020 in a query to the Raj Bhavan.
CHENNAI: The Congress never opposed release of the seven convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, but applying undue political pressure for an issue that should be decided through legal course is not appropriate, said TNCC president K S Alagiri on Friday. “CM Stalin writing a letter to the President for the release of the seven convicts is not acceptable to us,” Alagiri said.
“If a convict has to be released, it is for the court to decide. The stand of Congress is that it should not be done by applying undue political pressure. Undue political pressure could create a situation that may lead to law and order issues,” Alagiri told reporters here, after paying floral tributes to former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s portrait on his 30th death anniversary at the TNCC headquarters.
Congress appoints V D Satheesan as Leader of Opposition in Kerala ANI | Updated: May 22, 2021 12:57 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 22 (ANI): The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday appointed V D Satheesan as the new opposition leader in Kerala.
Satheesan, an MLA from Paravoor constituency in Ernakulam district, has been elected to Kerala Assembly five times in a row since 2001. He is also an advocate in the Kerala High court.
Ramesh Chennithala, the former opposition leader of Kerala, extended his best wishes to Satheeshan.
Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that Satheesan s appointment as opposition leader marks a major change for the Congress party in Kerala.