GUWAHATI: Moni Madhab Mahanta who resigned from the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) last week, officially joined the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Wednesday.
Mahanta was holding the post of the vice president of AASU and is being seen as a probable candidate from Kaliabor constituency from AGP. As BJP has decided to leave the Kaliabor seat to its alliance partner AGP, Mahanta’s immediate opponent will be Congress heavyweight Gaurav Gogoi, son of three-time Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
For his official joining, a large procession was carried out from Guwahati Club to AGP’s office in Ambari.
Moni Madhab Mahanta is the younger brother of AGP minister Keshab Mahanta.
