BJP Wants Holiday On 'Bangla Diwas', Trinamool Says Distortion Of History

BJP's claims of Syama Prasad Mookerjee being the father of Bengal is sheer distortion of history, Trinamool said.

The BJP in West Bengal celebrated Paschim Bangla Diwas or the foundation day of the state on Sunday. Leaders of the party, led by Suvendu Adhikari, shared tweets on the occasion and organised a meeting outside the gates of the state Assembly. They garlanded statues of party icon Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and quoted him in their tweets, saying, "They have divided India. I have torn Pakistan to pieces." June 20 is West Bengal Day, the day in 1946 Bengali Hindus took the momentous decision to carve out a separate province in India to thwart the Muslim League bid to secure the whole of Bengal for Pakistan. There was a philosophy that shaped the decision & we must not forget it. “You divided India, I divided Pakistan” - Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee20th June on #WestBengal foundation day heartfelt gratitude to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee for his epic effort to prevent the whole of Bengal from going into Jinnah's Pakistan.#PoschimbongoDibos, pic.twitter.com/puTcWN3gDz Mr Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, demanded that June 20 be declared a state holiday. "Earlier, opposition parties did not raise the issue because they would have to then bring up the names of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and of 56 MLAs, including from Hindu Mahasabha. That would be politically problematic for them. But BJP will bring up the issue," he said. The Trinamool Congress has dismissed the BJP's claims.