File image of Ashwini Chetia

The former president of All Tai Ahom Studentsโ€™ Union (ATASU), Ashwini Chetia passed away on Thursday midnight in a private hospital in Guwahati.

He was suffering from cancer and was under treatment at Health City hospital for a few days.

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He left behind his wife and son.

The former AATASU president who later became the advisor of the studentsโ€™ body had joined the BJP last year.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed his condolences at the untimely demise of Chetia.

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Sonowal took to Twitter to express his grief.

He wrote:

โ€˜Saddened to know of the sudden demise of student leader, former ATASU advisor & president and

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 karyakarta Ashini Chetia.

Praying for the departed soul, I offer my deepest condolences to his bereaved family members.โ€™