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  • 4/18/2025
"Why will Jesus Christ’s birthday not be declared as a national holiday?" The West Bengal CM claimed that the BJP removed Christmas as a national holiday, and she wanted answers.

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00:00Why, Jesus Christ's birthday will not be declared as national holiday, you tell me,
00:10it was there earlier.
00:12So I am proud to say Bengal is going ahead and some people are jealous, they cannot unite
00:17the country, they only can divide the country.
00:21I am sorry to say it is typical type of, typical type of religious hatred policy is going on.
00:51This is the only place in our country where we celebrate festival like this.
01:14What we festival, like puja, puja also how we festival, how we celebrate our festival.
01:21Just like this we also celebrate our Eid, our this Christian festival and all the festival.
01:30Because we are one, we are together and unity is our strength and divide is our fault.
01:38And that's why we always pray for the unity and this festival is also, it stands for unity,
01:46it stands for peace, it stands for solidarity, it stands for love and everything.
01:51So I am proud to say Bengal is going ahead and some people are jealous, they cannot unite
01:57the country, they only can divide the country, they only can divide the rules.
02:04Even I am sorry again I am repeating the word, last year also I said, earlier also, why,
02:11Jesus Christ's birthday will not be declared as national holiday, you tell me, it was there
02:19earlier.
02:21Why this government, BJP government withdraw that?
02:25Everybody is having their sentiment, if I ask my Christian people, whether they didn't
02:31have their sentiment, in our state it is chutti, but this government, BJP government came and
02:37they cancelled this, why, why, what is the harm of the Christian people?
02:46This festival, it is celebrated throughout the world, all over the world, this time yes
02:53there are some problems because of COVID pandemic, that we have to wear the mask, that we cannot
03:00gather together, so we have to maintain the physical distancing, that's okay.
03:05We love our constitution, it is our, just it is our pillar, but can you tell me whether
03:15this constitution has been thoroughly nurtured and accepted and in real sense secularism
03:27is in India, no.
03:29I am sorry to say, it is typical type of, typical type of religious hatred policy is
03:38going on.
03:39I want to condemn this today because it is a place where I can raise my voice.
03:46With these words, I thank you so much for giving me this opportunity, thank you so much,
03:52thank you so much and thank you so much, Jai Hind and Jai Bangla.

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