Assembly Speaker and chairman of the Golden Jubilee celebration of Arunachal Pradesh, P D Sona Monday said the valedictory function of the month-long celebration will be held at the Yupia outdoor stadium on the 36th Statehood Day.

Addressing reporters at the APSLA conference hall here, Sona said due to some uncertainties, logistics and time, the decision to celebrate the day in the erstwhile five districts – Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap – on the same day had to be dropped.

But the celebration will be held at Yupia outdoor stadium with maximum of spectators of 7,000. Besides formal programmes, different cultural events, workshops, symposiums and seminars, etc., will be held from February 16-19.

“The numbers of spectators had to be decreased due to the recent covid protocol. The stadium can accommodate 15,000 people, so at least 7,000 will be allowed on the day as per the Covid guidelines,” he said.

He also said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma along with Bollywood actor and brand ambassador of the celebration Sanjay Dutt will be gracing the valedictory function as the chief guest and special guest respectively on February 20.

“With every workshop, seminar and other literary activity, there will be cultural events in the evening performed by local artists of the North East. Likewise, on the culmination day, the agency and the village council members will be felicitated during the formal programme,” he said.

The evening open concert will start with the performance of Indian playback singer and performer Jubin Nautiyal, he added.

Sona said the two major themes to the celebrations are, ‘Celebrating Past and Nurturing Future’ and ‘Say No to Drugs’. The committee has ensured that the theme ‘Celebrating Past and Nurturing Future’ is being properly carried away through various activities.

“The promo video on ‘Say No to Drugs’ by Sanjay Dutt was sent to us earlier. As the video was in general, we have asked the team to make the video specific in context to our state, which can connect with our youths,” he said, adding there is no such cut down in the budget of celebration as it was already planned precisely.

Therefore, the budget of the month-long celebration remains the same, he added.

Courtesy- ArunachalObserver

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