TMC celebrate ‘Khela Hobe Diwas’ on the anniversary of the Muslim League's Direct Action Day

Kolkata, Aug 16: Trinamool Congress workers have started to celebrate the ‘Khela Hobe Diwas’ on August 16 on the anniversary of Muslim's League Direct Action Day. After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared August 16 as 'Khela Hobe Diwas' in the state, the Trinamool Youth Congress organized a four-kilometer long cycle race in which 400 students, who were given a cycle by the government under the Sabooj Sathi scheme.

 

In Tripura's Agartala, the workers observed the Khela Hobe Diwas over a game of football and sloganeering. The party workers played football and raised the slogan 'Khela Hobe', which means 'the game is on'. "In 2021, on the soil of West Bengal, a slogan was raised by Mamata Banerjee 'Khela Hobe' which has become the brand slogan for the entire Opposition and it was witnessed even on the floor of the parliament," said TMC leader Santanu Sen.

 

 

"Now we are standing on the ground of Tripura where there is misrule and hooliganism of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). And here we are pledging that there will be 'Khela Hobe' and 'Khela Hobe' for development, democracy, permanent political independence and change in 2023," he added.

 

 

It should be noted that in July, Mamata Banerjee announced that "Khela Diwas" will be celebrated on August 16, a day after Independence Day, which faced heavy backlash from social media users. She had declared that “Khela” will now happen in all states until the BJP is removed from the country.

 

 

Reacting to this, BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta said that Muslim League launched its Direct Action Day and began the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946. "Khela Hobe has come to symbolize a wave of terror attacks on opponents," he said.

 

 

 

The Direct Action Day was launched on August 16, 1946, by the Muslim League to call for the partition of India and the creation of the independent Muslim state of Pakistan. Calling for Direct Action Day, All India Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah had said that he wanted “either a divided India or a destroyed India”.

 

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After the general strike was announced, violent clashes erupted between Hindus and Muslims resulting in thousands of deaths in Calcutta. This violence also spread to other parts of the country with reports of riots coming from Noakhali, Bihar, United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh), Punjab, and the North-Western Frontier Province.