Former Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar passes away
Veteran politician and former Governors of Bihar, Tripura, and West Bengal Devanand Konwar passed away on Saturday morning at his Guwahati residence. He was 77. Konwar joined the Indian National Congress in 1955 as a student leader and he was also a member of the state cabinet in 1991 in the Hiteshwar Saikia government. He was also the cabinet minister in 2001 Tarun Gogoi government. Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has condoled Konwar’s death and said his death has left a void in the world of Assam politics.
