
Deepak Chettri, Bishnu Bhattacharjee and others during the
press conference held at Hotel Blue Heaven in Dimapur on February 18.
- DIMAPUR — The
Linguistic Minority Forum of Nagaland (LMFN) is set to organise a two-day
"Youth Conclave-cum-Cultural Fest (YCCF)" on February 22 and 23 at
the Lions Club Auditorium, Nepali Basti, Dimapur, under the motto “Unity in
diversity”.
- Dr. SC Jamir, former chief minister of Nagaland and former
governor of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra, and Odisha, will be one of the special
guests on the first day of the event.
- Others attending on the first day will include Rajya Sabha
MP from West Bengal Sushmita Dev, chairman of the Assam Linguistic Minority
Development Board and former MLA Shiladitya Dev, and the Advisor to the CM of
Nagaland and former MLA Dr. Chumben Murry.
- Nagaland BJP president Benjamin Yepthomi, Meghalaya
Linguistic Minority Development Forum president Sushit Kanti Choudhury, and
social worker Capt. Hekiye Sema will also participate on the first day as
special guests.
- On the second day, the list of guests for the closing
ceremony programme includes MLA and leader of NPF Legislature Party Kuzholuzo
(Azo) Nienu, MLA from Barak Valley, Assam,
Kamalakhya Dey Purakayastha, president of All Assam Bengali Students
Federation Dipak Dey, convenor Barak Movement
Shuvadip Datta, and convenor North East Hindu Bengali United Forum
Chitta Paul.
- Ahead of the scheduled event, on February 18, in a press
conference held at Hotel Blue Heaven in Dimapur, the working president of LMFN,
Deepak Chettri, said that the event aims to empower the youth and celebrate the
cultures of the non-Naga linguistic minority communities permanently settled in
Nagaland, while providing the youth with a platform, as they are viewed as the
future of the country.
- Chairman of LMFN, Bishnu Bhattacharjee, on the occasion,
said that this is the first event of its kind that the forum is organising to
showcase the cultural heritage of the different communities.