H.N. BAHUGUNA’S CENTENARY CELEBRATION ORGANISED IN COCHIN, KERALA. BAHUGUNA HAILED AS STATESMAN

The Birth Centenary Celebrations of former freedom fighter, union minister, chief minister Uttar Pradesh and secretary general of All India Congress Committee late Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was today organised in Cochin, Kerala addressed by several prominent leaders of the southern state who rated the late political stalwart as a statesman and said that India needed leaders like him today who in true sense believed and practised secularism, socialism and relentlessly fought for equal opportunities to the poor, down troddens and backward communities of the country reeling under repression and wide economic disparities.

The HN Bahuguna Centenary Celebrations Committee would be celebrating events, seminars, table talks and socio political conferences on secularism, socialism, corruption, capitalism, womens safety, over all socio economic upgradation of the repressed sections of the society and on principles and ideals of Ghar Ghar Swaraj and decentralized socio economic political development propagated by the late leader Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.

Late Bahuguna completed 99 years this April and entered his 100th year. The inaugural Centenary Celebration was organised in New Delhi’s Constitution Club on 25th April addressed by the former defence minister A. K. Antony, CPM’s polit bureau member Prakash Karat, Lok Dal leader Abhay Chowdhary, president of Loktantrik Janata Dal and former minister Sharad Yadav, former minister and MP Neela Lohitadasan Nair, Former M.P. Harkesh Bahadur, Sr. advocate and leader Z. K. Faizan, Congress leader M. M. Jacob, former UK Minister Dhirendra Pratap, President Uttarakhand Journalists Forum Sunil Negi, Sr. journalists Umakant Lakhera, Suresh Nautiyal and others.

Todays, function in Cochin, Kerala was a sequal to the Delhi’s commemorative function of late leader H. N. Bahuguna to be finally concluded in Kashmir.

Prominent amongst those who spoke in the full day centenary celebration cum symposium on
The Role of Socialism, Secularism and judiciary in the present context, were former minister and MP Neela Lohitadasan Nayar, Sr. advocate Supreme Court and leader Z. K. Faizan, former Vice Chairman of Uttarakhand Aandolakari Samitte, Govt of UK Dhirendra Pratap, M.M.Lawrence, Ex.MP P.C.Chako, Ex MP, Congress leader T.A.Ahmad Basheer, MLA Prakash Babu,Ex MLA Francis George,Ex.MP, Adv. Jose Thettayal, Ex.Minister, Kerala, Jameela Prakashan,Ex MLA Dhirendra Pratap, Ex.Minister,UK A.shridharan
Pandalam Mohan Das.

It may be recalled that HN Bahuguna had a great fan following amongst the intellectual of the south who adored him like anything. Eminent leaders like, former defence minister A. K. Antony, CPM’s Prakash Karat, former minister and Leader of Democratic Socialist Party and even communist stalwarts like EMS Naboodiripad and C. Rajeshwar Rao were great admirers of the late leaders intellectuality and thought process.

I am personally witness to this fact. The CPI’s then General Secretary C. Rajeshwar Rao extensively campaigned for H. N. Bahuguna in his historic Garhwal election when the then entire union government late Indira Gandhi was on one side and the left oriented opposition on the other side. Despite tremendous power of the centre and states including money and musle and what not Bahuguna had won that once postponed and rigged election by over 30 thousand votes despite all odds.