No politics please. That is what the people of the millennium Cuttack city seem to be telling political parties trying to claim the legacy of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
The resentment is mounting following the BJP’s bid to steal the show during a programme at the Victoria Memorial where hostile vibes between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee were visible to all.
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“Why the Prime Minister did not organise the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji here at Cuttack where he was born? I still remember the words of my father who used to tell us about little Subhas Chandra playing in our backyard, his days in the Ravenshaw Collegiate School. It would have been a fitting tribute to the martyr had his birth anniversary been organised here and not in Bengal,” said senior advocate of the Odisha High Court Suryakanta Sanganeria.
Naveen pays tribute to Netaji, lays foundation stone of state-of-the-art Netaji Bus Terminal in Cuttack Post News Network
Cuttack: On the occasion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125
th birth anniversary, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday visited Netaji’s birth place in Janakinath Bhavan in Odia Bazaar and paid homage to the freedom fighter.
He offered a floral tribute and unfurled the Tricolour on this occasion.
Making the day more special, CM Patnaik also laid the foundation stone of the Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal at Khannagar. After the programme, the CM announced that the State government would hold a year-long programme for Netaji’s 125