Uncertainty looms large whether the tableau ofAssam with the scene where young freedom fighterKanaklata Baruais seen hoisting the Tricolor will be selected for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
With India celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, to commemorate 75 years of the countrys Independence, Assam had high hopes that Kanaklatas valour will steal the limelight in the national capital. However, even after chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmas letter to the DEFENCE minister, to help the teenage martyrs bravery shine in the national capital, the is finding it difficult to get an apt answer from the Centre.
Kanaklata Barua, born in Barangabari in 1924, joined a group of – fighters in 1942 at the call of the leaders of the Quit India Movement. One of the youngest martyrs of the Quit India Movement, Kanaklata, then 17, fell to the bullets of Police as she marched towards Gohpur police station in northern Assam to hoist the Tricolour.