Arnab Goswami’s father passes away
Retd. Colonel Manoranjan Goswami breathed his last at a hospital in Mumbai around 12.45 am on Friday.
Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, has lost his father. Retd. Colonel Manoranjan Goswami breathed his last at a hospital in Mumbai around 12.45 am on Friday.
In a brief message to media, Arnab Goswami said his father had been battling illness for a long time. The mortal remains will be taken to Guwahati, where the last rites will be performed on Saturday.
Retd. Colonel Manoranjan Goswami had been a member of the BJP. He was the party’s Guwahati candidate in the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. He is also well known as a journalist, writer and a nationalist thinker.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed condolences on the demise. In his message, Naidu said Retd. Colonel Manoranjan Goswami’s demise is an irreparable damage to the literature world of Assam.