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SILCHAR, Dec 9 – The first two-day long
international conference of Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha
concluded at the Bhubaneswar Sadhu Thakur community hall in
Silchar recently. The president of Mahasabha, Dr Debendra Kumar
Sinha inaugurated the conference by hoisting the flag. The
inaugural meeting held on the occasion was addressed among others
by Padmasen Sinha of Bangladesh, Chandrakanta Sinha, Bidip Sinha
of USA, internationally acclaimed dancer Tamanna Rahman, general
secretary Uday Sinha, president of Sanskriti Parishad Jogendra
Kumar Sinha, president of Sahitya Parishad BK Sinha, Shymasundar
Sinha and Kartik Sinha.
All the speakers stressed the need of strengthening the economic,
cultural and social relation with the neighbouring Bangladesh
because, a great chunk of Bishnupriya Manipuris are living there.
Padmasen Sinha in his address informed that a building is being
constructed at Sylhet in Bangladesh for the preservation of
language, culture and tradition of Bishnupriya Manipuris and the
Bishnupriya Manipuri Academy has also been established.
More than three thousand Bishnupriya Manipuri people from United
States of America, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the various States of
the country participated in the conference. A colourful cultural
procession was taking out in the main streets of Silchar town in
the morning of concluding day. The valedictory function was
attended among others by Social Welfare Minister Gautam Roy,
Public Health Engineering Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala, Minister
of State for Cooperation Misbaul Islam Laskar, MP SM Dev, former
Union Minister Kabindra Purkayastha, executive editor of Kolkata’s
Ananda Bazar Patrika, Suman Chattapadhyay and Anil Kumar Bodo of
Bodo Sahitya Sabha. Various resolutions were adopted in the
concluding session.
The 10-day long national integration camp for tribal youths
organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra of Cachar concluded in Silchar
recently. The valedictory function was presided over by Cachar
Deputy Commissioner PK Das and was attended by Minister of State
for Cooperation (Independent charge), Misbaul Islam Laskar, Public
Health Engineering Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala, former Union
Minister Kabindra Purkayastha, MLA Bimalangshu Roy, Additional
Deputy Commissioner of Cachar Bahnisikha Dutta, the secretary of
Silchar District Sports Association (DSA) Babul Hore among others.
All the speakers praised the NYK for organising such northeast
level integration camp for tribal youths and hoped that the tribal
youths of all the northeastern states including Sikkim have shared
their rich cultural heritage among themselves and this will create
a bond of amity, they underlined. Some of the participants also
expressed their experiences in the function. Earlier, the purpose
of organising such northeast level conference was briefly
explained by the District Youth Coordinator of Cachar, Nehru Yuva
Kendra, Sekhar Ranjan Deb.
