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Leader of the absorption successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, connected Friday (October 17, 2025) paid tribute to vocalist Zubeen Garg astatine the tract wherever his past rites were performed astatine Sonapur connected the outskirts of Guwahati.
Mr. Gandhi offered a 'gamosa', the accepted Assamese scarf, and a wreath astatine the level wherever the vocalist was cremated.
He was accompanied by Assam Pradesh Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, AICC wide caput and Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, person of the absorption successful the legislative assembly Debabrata Saikia and different elder authorities leaders of the party.
VIDEO | Guwahati: After paying tribute to vocalist Zubeen Garg and gathering his family, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "People who heard him and loved him privation to cognize what happened. They privation closure. It is the work of the authorities to transparently investigate… pic.twitter.com/nF0YO0AHqr
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 17, 2025As Mr. Gandhi offered tribute to the singer, the assemblage contiguous astatine the tract shouted slogans - 'Justice for Zubeen' and 'Joy Zubeen'. He and the different Congress leaders sat connected the crushed and attended the ‘naam-kirtan’ (prayers) held there.
The Congress person besides planted a 'nahor' (Indian roseate chestnut) sapling, which the vocalist was fond of, astatine the cremation ground.
Mr. Gandhi volition besides sojourn the singer's residence to convey his condolences to the bereaved household members earlier leaving for New Delhi, a enactment person said.
Garg, 52, died successful Singapore portion swimming successful the oversea connected September 19. He was cremated with authorities honours connected September 23 astatine Sonapur adjacent Guwahati.
The Assam authorities formed an SIT that has been investigating the circumstances that led to his death.
Mr. Gogoi had connected Thursday visited the site, wherever Garg was cremated, to reappraisal the arrangements for Gandhi's visit.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had connected Thursday (October 16) said that Rahul Gandhi's sojourn to wage tribute to taste icon Zubeen Garg was aft 28 days of his death, but it was inactive ''better precocious than never''.
''We had expected a elder Congress person similar Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi oregon idiosyncratic other to beryllium contiguous astatine the singer's cremation," the main curate had said astatine a property conference. Mr. Sarma welcomed Mr. Gandhi's sojourn to the state.
