Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi has declared assets totalling Rs 2.63 crore, as indicated in the affidavit submitted alongside his nomination papers for the Jorhat parliamentary constituency on Tuesday.
As the deputy leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Gogoi mentioned that a case was filed against him during the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Guwahati in January.
Gogoi, serving as a Lok Sabha MP since 2014, possesses movable assets valued at Rs 38,30,796 and immovable assets amounting to Rs 2,25,00,000, including inherited non-agricultural property in Guwahati and New Delhi.
His inherited property includes one-third share in two plots of land, with an approximate market value of Rs 90,00,000, and an inherited 1818 sq ft flat in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, worth Rs 1,35,00,000.
Additionally, Gogoi revealed details about the case filed against him at the Basistha police station under Kamrup Metropolitan district during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, involving various sections of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. So far, no summons had been received from any court, and he had not been convicted of any criminal offence.
Moreover, Gogoi’s wife Elizabeth Clare Gogoi, a senior consultant in a private firm, declared movable assets worth Rs 2,03,04,832, including jewellery worth Rs 27,61,687. The couple disclosed cash in hand, with Gogoi and his wife holding Rs 45,600 and Rs 25,200, respectively.
Additionally, their two minor children possess assets valued at Rs 22,03,538 and Rs 2,21,952 in their names. Both Gogoi and his wife own cars, purchased in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
Gogoi, having previously represented the Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency for two terms before its renaming as Kaziranga after delimitation, has shifted his focus to contesting from Jorhat, a constituency his father had represented for three terms in Parliament.
