Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the Centre to declare Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday on January 23 as a national holiday.
Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard today.
“125th Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be celebrated on January 23, 2022. Netaji, one of the greatest sons of Bengal, is a National hero, a national leader and an icon of India’s freedom movement against the British Rule. He is an inspiration across all generations. Under his untiring leadership, thousands of valiant solders of the Indian National Army made supreme sacrifice for the motherland”, the letter reads.
The birthday of Netaji is celebrated every year all over the country with great dignity and reverence.
“In order to truly pay respect to our great leader and a National hero, we would reiterate our request that 23rd January to be declared a National Holiday”, Mamata mentioned in her letter.