“Why Mamata Banerjee’s decision to celebrate ‘Pohela Boisakh’ as ‘Bangla Divas’ makes no sense”, Swarajyamag, September 8, 2023:
“A harvest festival that is celebrated across geographies cannot be observed as a ‘state day’.
But that is exactly what Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee just did. Banerjee has decided that Pohela Boisakh will be celebrated as ‘Bangla Divas’ (Bengal Day).
The state assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday (7 September) that Pohela Boisakh will be observed as Bangla Divas. The resolution was adopted by 167 MLAs voting in favour of it and 62 MLAs, all from the BJP, against it.
The immediate provocation for the Chief Minister’s decision of Bangla Divas was the celebration of 20 June as statehood day by Governor C V Ananda Bose and the BJP…..”
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