Staff Reporter,
Biswanath Chariali, September 18: ANSS (Assam Nepali Sahitya Sabha) organised a joint talks with Gorkha organisations of the state including All Assam Gorkha Sammelan, All Assam Gorkha students'Union, Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha today in the seminar hall of Guwahati Commerce College with Durga Khatiora, president of Assam Nepali Sahitya Sabha in the chair, stated a press release issued by Durga Khatiora, Dr. Chinta Mani Sharma and Madan Thapa, president, working president and chief secretary of the literary organization respectively. Munni Sapkota, sahitya akademi award winning writer lit the ceremonial lamp followed by a welcome address by Dr. Homeswar Kalita, principal of Guwahati Commerce College. As per decision taken in the recent executive meeting held at DRDA Guest house Kaziranga, ANSS parallelly organised a felicitation ceremony. Professor Lil Bahadur Chetry, Padmashree awardee, Chabilal Upadhyaya, Sahitya Akademi awardee for the year 2021, Naba Sapcota, recipient of Parashmani Pradhan Puraskar from Kalimpong, Anjan Baskota, recipient of sahitya akademi's Yuva Puraskar for the year 2020, Dr. Sanjib Upadhyaya, recipient of Sahitya Akademi translation award, Purna Kumar Sarma, recipient of Shrastha Puraskar from Sikkim, Dr. Induprabha Devi, recipient of Vaichand award from Kalimpong were accorded a warm felicitation with a citation, gamosa and Gorkha Topi. Besides felicitation to literary stalwarts of the state other personalities of several organisations including Krishna Bhujel, Prem Sarma and Laxmi Sedai,
president, working president and general secretary of Assam Gorkha Sammelan respectively, Prem Tamang, chairman and Ram Dahal, vice Chairman of Gorkha Development Council, Arjun Chetry and Numal Chetry, president and secretary of AAGSU, Nityananda Upadhyaya, central working president and S. Prakash Dahal, state president of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha, Dr. Dilip Chetry, noted environmentalist, Kishor Upadhyaya, chairman of Assam State Small Scale Industry Corporation, Ritubaran Sarma, vice chairman, AMTRON and Dilu Sarma, vice chairman, Fishfed were accorded warm felicitation with a citation, gamosa and Gorkha Topi for their significant contribution towards the society. It is noteworthy that dignitaries from leading Gorkha organisations of Assam and India were seen united in the same platform and they have unanimously decided to work together for materialising long pending demands of Gorkhas residing in Assam. Dr. Chinta Mani Sharma, working president of the literary organization briefed the objectives while Madan Thapa, chief secretary conducted the proceedings which was assisted by Niru Sarma Parajuli.
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