The State capital city witnessed a unique scene as slogans like ‘Jai Hind’, ‘Netaji Subhas Long Live’ and ‘Saheed Veer Amar Rahe’ were heard echoing in the main streets during the colourful celebration of the 75th year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Government held here by the Utkal Bikash Yuba Parishad here on Sunday.
Hundreds of youth and students wearing T-shirts with logos of Netaji and Azad Hind began a bike rally from the Buddha Mandir and moved through the city. They garlanded the statues of Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, Utkala Gourab Madhusudan Das, Jayi Rajguru, Nabakrushna Choudhury and others at different squares till they reached Rasulgarh Square to garland the statute of Netaji Subhas Bose. The bikes well decorated with Netaji photos.
Slogans like‘Jai Hind’, ‘Netaji Subhas Long Live’ ‘Saheed Veer Amar Rahe’, Vande Mataram, Inquilaab Zindabad, and ‘Bharatmata ki Jay’ resounded all through. Viewers and passersby were seen chanting the patriotic slogans waving their hands in appreciation. The procession led by Parishad president Debiprasad Prusti was flagged off by socialist leader Arun Srivastav. Anil Dhir and Prahllad Singh, Kishore Das and Jogashankar Mahapatra graced as guests. Sarita Barik, Gitanjali Swain, Manoranjan Naik , Biswajit Bhukta, Ajay Parida and Ratnakar Sahoo led hundreds of small children to welcome the procession.
