West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has writen a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birthdays to be declared as national holidays. Vivekananda and Netaji's birth anniversaries are observed on January 12 and 23, respectively.
Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose are national and international icons. I have written a letter to the PM urging the GOI to declare both their birthdays (Jan 12 and Jan 23) national holidays
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 20, 2018