Biraj Kumar Sarma — one of the signatories of the historic Assam Accord of 1985, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) co-founder and former Minister — died on Tuesday at a private hospital here, his family and party sources said.
Sarma died around 2.30 am in the hospital where he was admitted on January 6 for protracted illness, hospital sources said.
He was a front ranking leader of the six-year long Assam Movement led by the All Assam Students Union from 1979 which had culminated in signing of the Memorandum of Settlement Assam Accord in 1985 between AASU and representatives of Central and Assam Governments.
Sarma had participated in Assam Movement as an active member of Sadou Asom Gana Sangram Parishad and co-founded AGP, which was formed by Assam agitation leaders in 1985. He was General Secretary of party and later its vice-president.