“However in West Bengal there is no public holiday for Makar Sankranti & Ram Navami, but there is a provision for an extra holiday on the next day of Shab-e-Barat,” he wrote.

Reacting to his allegations, TMC spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar said, “In India, there are many religious rituals.

All rituals are not observed in equal manner in all states…A holiday is declared during Chhath in Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand but none in other states. Is it appeasement politics? Suvendu Adhikari said this because of his lack of knowledge (about religious rituals). People should not take this seriously.”