He was 84 and is survived by his wife Dolly, her daughter and son Gaurav Chandrima member of Lok Sabha.
Gogoi, three-time prime minister of the state from 2001 to 2016, breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) at 5.34 p.m., Sarma said.
Doctors performed an ECG and found that his heart had stopped, after which the GMCH superintendent confirmed that it no longer exists, he said.
Kovind said Gogoi’s death marked the end of an era and his long tenure in office was a period of epochal change in the state.
“It is very sad to hear of the disappearance of Shri Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam. The country has lost a veteran leader with rich political and administrative experience. His long tenure was a period of epochal change in Assam,” he tweeted Kovind. .
He will always be remembered for the development of Assam and especially for his efforts to improve law and order and combat insurgency in the state, he said in another tweet.
“His passing marks the end of an era. In this hour of grief, my condolences to his family, friends and supporters,” said the president.
Expressing his anguish over Gogoi’s death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as a popular leader and veteran administrator who had years of political experience in Assam and the Center.
Modi tweeted: “Sri Tarun Gogoi Ji was a popular leader and veteran administrator, who had years of political experience in Assam and the Center. Distraught over his passing. My thoughts are with his family and supporters in this hour of sadness.” . Om Shanti “.
The veteran congressional leader was first admitted to the hospital on August 26 after testing positive for COVID-19 and was discharged for a brief period before being admitted again on November 2.
His condition deteriorated on November 21 after a multiorgan failure and was put on invasive ventilation.
Gogoi received dialysis on Sunday. His condition deteriorated even more in the last hours and the hospital where he was admitted said he was “very, very critical.”
Gogoi was the MLA of the Titabor assembly constituency since 2001. He was also a parliamentarian six times and became a Union Minister twice.
His body will be taken to his residence in Dispur and from there to Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, where people will be able to pay tribute to the leader on Tuesday, said Sarma, Gogoi’s former cabinet colleague.
He will be cremated with all the honors of the state and the place will be decided in consultation with his family, the minister added.
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