Assam: President Droupadi Murmu expresses willingness to visit Pothorughat

MANGALDAI: ‘August Krant Divas’, celebrating the completion of 81 years of the Quit India Movement, turned out to be a very special day for the ‘unsung heroes’ of the historic Peasants’ Uprising at Pothorughat on January 28, 1894, as the President of India Droupadi Murmu expressed her willingness to visit the historic Pothorughat during her next tour to Assam. She gave her much desired response while acknowledging an invitation offered by Mangaldai Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia, Sipajhar legislator Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi, senior journalists Bhargab Kumar Das and Mayukh Goswami respectively.

They met President Murmu at the Rastrapati Bhavan on Wednesday and apprised her about the glorious but untold story of Pothorughat and the supreme sacrifice of 140 peasants which still remains deprived of due national recognition and honour. During the 25-minute long interaction, the President gave a patient hearing to the submissions presented by the team where she was also requested to consider for a national memorial at Pothorughat to showcase the glorious chapter of India’s freedom struggle which had taken place 25 years before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

“President Murmu observed that efforts to give national recognition to the peasants martyrs should go on and at the same time she stressed the need of exploring such unsung heroes in other parts of the country during the British rule,” said MP Dilip Saikia while talking to media persons. “We are very happy that the President of India expressed her keen interest to visit Pothorughat during her next programme and asked us to communicate with her at the appropriate time,” MP Saikia added.

President Murmu also felt the importance of introducing an act for national memorial at Pothorughat as done in case of the Jallianwala Bagh. Earlier, she was greeted with a traditional gamosa, a replica of the Maa Kamakhya temple and the book titled Pothorughat authored by Padma Shri recipient writer Arup Kumar Dutta.

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