Gogoi mentions this in his autobiography "Turnaround: Leading Assam from the Front", which chronicles his life in politics.
Gogoi, who was the Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Food and then the Minister of State (independent charge) for Food Processing Industry in the Narasimha Rao Cabinet from 1991, describes Rao as a modern man who initiated several reforms during his tenure.
Seeking a fourth consecutive term, Gogoi says he is no magician and has no magic wand but he can look back with satisfaction to his 15 years of governance though he does not claim to have scored a ten on ten.
"Can I look back in satisfaction today? In a sense, I would say yes. I do not claim to have score a ten on ten. All I say that a lot of ground has been covered. Records will substantiate the fact that I have not made any tall claims," he writes in the book.
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