Highlights 1 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday be declared as a national holiday: Mamata2 She addressed party workers on the occasion of "Sanhati Divas". West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded that the birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose be declared as a national holiday. Addressing party workers on the occasion of "Sanhati Divas" to observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition, Banerjee asked, "Why should Netaji birthday not be observed as a national holiday?" "Since Christmas is close by, I remember how December 25 used to be a national holiday but they have withdrawn it. I once again demand that Christmas be declared a national holiday," she said.

Source: India Today December 06, 2017 13:33 UTC