“Kolkata Municipal Corporation issues notification scrapping Vishwakarma Puja holiday to add another holiday for Eid; withdraws after backlash”, Opindia, February 26, 2025:
“On Wednesday (26th February), BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim for scrapping a holiday in Kolkata Municipal Corporation schools for the Vishwakarma Puja to extend the Eid holiday. Amidst the outrage, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation took a U-turn.
Taking to X, BJP’s Amit Malviya called West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s “Islamic Caliphate”. He asserted that after unilaterally slashing reservations under the OBC sub-quota to include Muslims, the TMC government has now scrapped the Vishwakarma Puja holiday to extend the Eid holidays in an apparent move to appease their Muslim votebank.
“Welcome to Mamata Banerjee’s Islamic Caliphate of West Bengal. Earlier, the Chief Minister unilaterally slashed reservations under the OBC sub-quota and arbitrarily included Muslims, denying OBCs their rightful dues……”
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