{"id":54881,"date":"2018-12-16T02:16:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T20:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=54881"},"modified":"2018-12-16T02:16:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T20:46:58","slug":"cm-unveils-bhupen-hazarikas-statue-in-bolung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/12\/16\/cm-unveils-bhupen-hazarikas-statue-in-bolung\/","title":{"rendered":"CM unveils Bhupen Hazarika&#8217;s statue in Bolung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>BOLUNG, Dec 15:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday unveiled the statue of legendary singer and composer late Bhupen Hazarika here in Lower Dibang Valley district.<br \/>\nThe 10-foot-high bronze statue will also be known as the &#8216;Statue of Brotherhood&#8217;.<br \/>\nAddressing the participants at the unveiling ceremony, the chief minister said, &#8220;Late Dr Hazarika had touched the hearts of many Arunachalees through his songs and films dedicated to the state.<br \/>\n&#8220;A legendary icon, late Dr Hazarika had travelled the length and breath of Arunachal Pradesh and cemented the age-old bond between the people of Arunachal and Assam through his songs, films and literary works,&#8221; Pema said.<br \/>\nDescribing late Hazarika as a true patriot, he said, &#8220;Late Hazarika wrote many songs about the sacrifices made by the Indian Army during the 1962 war.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe informed that a proposal to make Assamese a third language would be taken up in the state cabinet &#8220;in order to strengthen the bond between Assam and Arunachal.<br \/>\n&#8220;The language will not be made compulsory but the students will be free to choose among the third languages,&#8221; Pema said.<br \/>\nThe CM commended the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) for its effort in having the statue erected. &#8220;It is the symbol of unity between Assam and Arunachal,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nDCM Chowna Mein, Assam Power Minister Tapan Kr Gogoi, Asom Sahitya Sabha president Parmananda Rajbangshi, and APLS president YD Thongchi also spoke.<br \/>\nAmong others, Dambuk MLA Gum Tayeng and Roing MLA Mutchu Mithi, family members of late Bhupen Hazarika, and members of the AAPSU and the AASU attended the ceremony. (CMO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOLUNG, Dec 15: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday unveiled the statue of legendary singer and composer late Bhupen Hazarika here in Lower Dibang Valley district. The 10-foot-high bronze statue will also be known as the &#8216;Statue of Brotherhood&#8217;. Addressing the participants at the unveiling ceremony, the chief minister said, &#8220;Late Dr Hazarika had touched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}