“Believe it or not ‘Khela hobe’ has become very popular. The slogan was raised in Parliament, too, and soon it would reverberate across India,” Banerjee was quoted as saying by ANI.
On the occasion of launching “Khela Hobe Divas” on Monday, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was seen dribbling a football at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, in a video posted by news agency ANI, was seen throwing footballs into the audience, while saying “ami kintu ball khelte pari” (I can play football).
#WATCH | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee dribbling a football during launch of “Khela Hobe” program at Netaji Indoor Stadium,Kolkata. She says, " Believe it or not, "Khela Hobe" has become very popular. The slogan was raised in Parliament too, soon it'll be popular across India." pic.twitter.com/xDZYGtQKAD
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2021
“Believe it or not ‘Khela hobe’ has become very popular. The slogan was raised in Parliament, too, and soon it would reverberate across India,” Banerjee was quoted as saying by ANI.
The Bengal CM, during the event, said her government has granted ₹5 lakh each to 25,000 sporting clubs across the state. “We have done community development programmes to take sports forward. I believe to take forward ‘Khela hobe’ and we have to take it through sports,” she added.
Ms Banerjee further said that as many as one lakh footballs would be distributed among the sporting clubs in various districts of the state.
While addressing the media on the occasion of Martyr’s Day on July 21, Mamata Banerjee had announced that “Khela Divas” would be celebrated across West Bengal every year on August 16.
Banerjee also said that footballs manufactured by the state handicraft department would be handed over to various sporting clubs and children from economically-weaker section on August 16. The TMC supremo had also made a reference to her 2021 assembly elections’ slogan “Khela hobe”, thereby hinting at the faceoff between the TMC and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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