UDALGURI, Aug 1 � The 50th session of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, one of the premier literary organisations of the NE region, is scheduled to be held at Udalguri from January 20 to January 22, 2011 with a three-day literary and cultural agenda. This was made known to the media by Nila Kanta Goyary, secretary of the reception committee and president of Udalguri district Sahitya Sabha here on the occasion of inauguration of the office of the reception committee of mega event recently.
Talking to mediapersons on the occasion, Goyary said that the budget of the annual conference is fixed at Rs 1 crore by the reception committee which would be collected from various sources. �Even though the budget is huge, but considering the mounting price level, we think that all concerned would extend full cooperation to make the conference a grand success with their good will donations for a noble cause,� he added.
Earlier, the flag of the BSS was hoisted by Pradip Kumar Boro, vice president of the Udalguri district committee of the literary organisation amid a large gathering. Mitharam Basumatary, executive member of the BTC assembly and working president of the reception committee, inaugurated the office building of the reception committee on the occasion. Addressing the executive body of the committee, Basumatary hoped that the conference would be able to carry a message of peace, unity and prosperity in the region.
AJYCP demand: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India, seeking full autonomy to Assam for its all-round development.
A copy of the memorandum, which was submitted to the Prime Minister of India on Tuesday through the Deputy Commissioner of Udalguri by the Udalguri district committee of the organisation, said that in spite of having immense natural resources and manpower, Assam is one of the most backward States in the country. Several decades of freedom could not make the condition of the people better. Many ethnic and insurgency problems have crippled the State, the memorandum added.
The AJYCP memorandum, the copy which was signed by Rubul Das and Bana Thakuria, president and secretary respectively of the Udalguri district committee, maintained that only full autonomy status to Assam could hasten the development of the State.
It is to be noted that autonomy to Assam has been the demand of the AJYCP since long which was lately supported by the ceasefire faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom also.
