Tiger80 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 NEW DELHI: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary celebrations at Parliament House complex remained a dull affair on Thursday with only one sitting MP out of a total of 775 members of both Houses turning up to pay homage to the renowned freedom fighter. Veteran BJP leader LK Advani was the only parliamentarian along with three former members who paid tributes to Netaji and showered petals at his portrait in the Central Hall of Parliament. Advani, who remembers to pay homage to all departed leaders and makes it a point to attend such functions, looked lonely in the Central Hall. Among the other former members present at the function organized by the Lok Sabha Secretariat were Sheila Gautam, a former BJP MP from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and Ram Singh a former MP from Churu in Rajasthan, besides CPM's former Rajya Sabha member Bratin Sengupta. None of the Presiding Officers of both Houses, nor did any of the other sitting members turn up during the one-hour event. By convention, presiding officers lead such celebrations organized in Parliament House to mark the birth and death anniversaries of tall political departed leaders and freedom fighters. Ironically, not a single MP or any former Parliament member from West Bengal parties, including the Trinamool Congress and Forward Bloc, which often publicly claim the legacy of Netaji, turned up for the one-hour event. Today's event, however, was in sharp contrast to the last function organized in Parliament House to mark the anniversary of BR Ambedkar, which was well attended with Speaker Meira Kumar leading the event. Lok Sabha secretariat officials played down the poor attendance and said the Speaker was in her constituency Sasaram in Bihar, while deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha was away on a foreign tour and Lok Sabha deputy speaker was unwell. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-sole-MP-to-pay-homage-to-Netaji-in-Parliament/articleshow/29262500.cms No matter how big your sacrifice for nation , unless you end up victorious you will be forgotten hero
Desi Cartman Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Now Neta ji is Mulayam Singh yadav :wall:
gattaca Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Congress always played and will play politics with Netaji.
I6MTW Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I always regarded Netaji better than Gandhi. He played the true part in getting India her independance.
BeautifulGame Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Unfortunately Netaji's name doesnt bring vote bank unlike Ambetkar :((
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