[Assam] Gogoi promises university for women (The Sentinel, 12.06.2010).

[Buljit Buragohain]

Gogoi promises university for women  
                    
                    
                       
                    
                    
                      From Our 
Correspondent
JORHAT, June 11: Keeping an eye on the forthcoming 
Assembly polls in 2011, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today started his 
election campaign with his development mantras before the people of his 
home district Jorhat where he celebrated the forth anniversary of second
 consecutive term of his government. In fact, there were many promises 
in the CM’s speech, who claimed that his focus is on  development of all
 classes of  people in general and the poor section in particular with 
the help of slew of schemes in his two consecutive terms. 
Addressing
 the gathering at Pitambor Dev Goswami auditorium here, Gogoi said that,
 his government has laid top priority on the development of education as
 well as the other sectors like health, agriculture, communication etc. 
‘’We will set up a women university in Jorhat only for the greater 
interest of the development of women education in the State’’, Gogoi 
announced and added that, his government has prepared a plan to increase
 the number of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and education growth
 centres as well. ‘’Our government will set up a number of high level 
educational institutes comprising all quarters of the state soon’’, 
Gogoi said.
Gogoi also promised once again to build a bridge over 
Brahmaputra from Jorhat to Lakhimpur via Majuli in the near future. He 
made this promise on a number of occasions earlier.  He also promised to
 introduce a new scheme meant for the meritorious students belonging to 
poor section of the society for their higher studies.
Highlighting 
the various schemes of his government Gogoi said his government’s 
priority is decentralization of power and to attain this objective, 
panchyats and autonomous council  elections have been organized.
Jorhat

 and Mariani legislators Rana Goswami and Rupjyoti Kurmi alongwith CM’s 
advisor to the press Debo Kumar Bora were present in the meeting among 
others.   .
(The Sentinel, 12.06.2010)