FormerSonari MLA and Rajya Sabha MP Bhadreswar Buragohain breathed his last onWednesday night at around 11.30 PM at Dispur Polyclinic.

Buragohainwas suffering from ill health for long and was under treatment at DispurHospital.

He was also elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly in 1990.

Buragohainwas elected as the Sonari MLA in 1985 and elected as the Rajya Sabha MP in1990. He was a leader of Asom Gana Parishad.

ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed grief on the sad demise of Buragohain.

Thelast rites of Buragohain will be performed in Guwahati on Thursday.