In order to honour and remember Netaji's indomitable spirit and selfless service to the nation, the Government of India decided to celebrate his birthday on January 23 every year as 'Parakram Diwas'
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday announced that the portico of the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata will be renamed as the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Portico.
Taunted In Front Of PM : Mamata Banerjee Attacks BJP Over Netaji Event The Chief Minister was caught unawares at a programme attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme meant to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was marred by Jai Shri Ram chants when the Chief Minister rose to speak.
Updated: January 25, 2021 5:14 pm IST
Mamata Banerjee, targeting the BJP said, Point a gun at me and I will show you the armoury .
Kolkata:
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee still smarting from the Jai Shri Ram slogans at the Netaji birth anniversary programme launched a furious attack on the BJP today, accusing them of insulting all cultural icons of the state from Rabindranath Tagore to revolutionary Santhal leader Birsa Munda. Ahead of the coming elections, the Centre and the state had clashed even before the event was held. The Centre had declared the day Parakram Diwas , denying state requests to christen it the Desh Nayak Diwas .
Mamata Banerjee abandoned her speech at the event in Victoria Memorial saying she was insulted .
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BJP supporters shouted Jai Shri Ram just as Mamata Banerjee rose
The incident brought Ms Banerjee s traditional rivals out in her support
Kolkata:
The Victoria Memorial incident, where BJP supporters shouted Jai Shri Ram just as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rose to speak on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose s birth anniversary at an event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, continued to churn politics in election-bound Bengal on Sunday.
A day after the heckling, which prompted Ms Banerjee to abandon her speech saying she was insulted , it emerged that BJP leaders had cornered a big share of invitation cards to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs event and given them to party activists who were present in the crowd in disproportionate numbers, say sources.