"Symbolise Wave Of Terror": BJP On Mamata Banerjee Call For "Khela Hobe Divas"

Khela hobe, a Bengali phrase that means the game is on, became the battle cry just ahead of the 2021 assembly elections in which Trinamool Congress defeated the BJP.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement on Wednesday that the Trinamool Congress would celebrate Khela Hobe Divas on August 16th has been slammed by the BJP, which equated itwith the Muslim League's Direct Action Day, which began on that day in 1946. Interesting @MamataOfficial has declared August 16 as "Khela hobe divas". It is the day the Muslim League launched its Direct Action Day & began the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946. In today's West Bengal, "Khela Hobe" has come to symbolise a wave of terror attacks on opponents. Taking a dig at Ms Banerjee, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta pointed out that August 16 in 1946 was declared direct action day by the Muslim league and lead to severe riots in the city a series of events that came to be known as the Great Calcutta killings. "Interesting @MamataOfficial has declared August 16 as "Khela hobe divas"," Mr Dasgupta tweeted even as Ms Banerjie was speaking.