: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a recent speech at Serampore, West Bengal, claimed that the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to grant holidays for Durga Puja but allocates holidays for Muslims during Ramzan. At the 18:14 timestamp, Shah states, “[Mamata Banerjee] opposes the Ram Mandir. She does not give permission for Durga Visarjan but gives holidays for Muslim workers on Ramzan.
We do not have a problem with that, give holidays if you wish. But we want an answer as to why you don’t grant holidays for our Durga Puja as well? Why this discrimination?” Shah’s claim is . BOOM found that the West Bengal government grants holidays not only for Durga Puja but for other religious occasions as well.
To verify the claim, BOOM checked the West Bengal government’s Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department and found that holidays are granted not only for Durga Puja but for other religious occasions as well. As per the official website of the finance department, public holidays fall under two lists: List-I (Public Holidays in 2024 under the N. I.
Act) and List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2024). As per List-I, in 2024, there are government holidays for Durga Puja, Maha Saptami on October 10 (Thursday), Durga Puja, Maha Astami and Maha Nabam on October 11 (Friday) and Durga Puja, Dasami on October 12 (Saturday). In List- II, holidays are granted under the order of the state government.
Under this list, Durga Puja holidays are bet.
