AMOFOI and Freethought Party of India (FPI) jointly celebrated the 116th Birthday of former Chief Minister Nabakrushna Choudhury.
AMOFOI founder and FPI general secretary B Ramchandra CST Voltaire praised the former CM as he was honest and had opted love marriage for himself. Choudhury had married Malati Sen, a Bengali Brahmin, against feudal traditions of the State.
Three love marriages were organised on the occasion. The couples are: Gopal Krushna Mohanty of Cuttack and Stustee Biswal of Khurda; Sudarsan Sahoo and Priyadarshini Panda of Jagatsingpur and Alankrut Mohanty of Puri and Arpita Mohanty of Bhubaneswar.
Swapna Bijayini from AMOFOI presided over the function and gave a call for cashless, dowry less love marriage. She demanded that offices for free registration of love marriage should be opened all over the country.