A three-day Silchar-Sylhet festival is going to be organized in Silchar from October 29-31. This festival is organized to commemorate India’s “Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” and Bangladesh’s Golden Jubilee of Independence by IndiaFoundation, in association with‘Friends of Bangladesh’, an organisation working to develop Bangladesh’s relations with its neighbourhood, is the joint organiser of the three-day event .
The festival is expected to be attended by the Chief Ministers of Northeast states and several Union Ministers along with foreign delegates.
While addressing media Silchar MP ,Rajdeep Roy said that this will be the first grand inter-country festival in Assam to mark the country’s 75 years of independence.
He further mentioned, “we will address the issues of both the countries, including trade and commerce, river sharing, apart from intermixing of art, culture and food.”
He also added that as Sylhet was partitioned in 1947 from India, the event will act to bridge the gap between the two countries.
Rajdeep Roy mentioned that around 10 Bangladesh MPs and a few Ministers are also expected to attend the three-day event.
During the media interaction ,Major General (retd) of Bangladesh, Samsul Arfin was also present and he expressed that the festival will further strengthen the ties between India and Bangladesh.
With the three day event including cultural & literary festival apart from business interaction, he said that, “Sylhet was once a part of Assam and we are hoping to witness the old connection between the two places once again during the festival.
