Swami Vivekananda’s thoughts still relevant today: Mamata Banerjee

To commemorate the 153rd birthday of Swami Vivekananda in a befitting manner, a 3day “Vivek Chetna Utsav” is being celebrated all over the state.

On the first day of the programme the State Government observed “Khel Dibas”, to promote excellence in sports and games among our youth along the ideals of Swami ji.

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee paid homage to the great icon on social media as well. On Sunday evening she tweeted that January 12, the 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda has been declared State Government holiday.

She also tweeted a few quotes by Swami ji:

Many sayings from Swami Vivekananda inspire us. Here is one of my favourite pic.twitter.com/ZdLkFChrEt

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 11, 2015

On Swami Vivekananda’s 153rd bday, here is another inspirational saying: All power is there within you. You can do anything and everything.

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 12, 2015

Swami Vivekananda’s thoughts of over 100 years ago still so meaningful today: To do good and to be good, that’s the whole of religion.

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 12, 2015

Mamata Banerjee also tweeted that Trinamool will celebrate occasion in every block. The newly formed Jai Hind Bahini has taken up initiatives like Prabhat Pheri, seminars, debates, cultural programmes etc. throughout the State.

Updated at 13:05 hours on 02.01.2015

Trinamool Congress Chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined twitter on January 1, 2015 which is also the Foundation Day of All India Trinamool Congress.

Within twenty four hours of joining this widely popular social networking site, she notched up more than six thousand followers.

Her twitter handle is: @MamataOfficial

The Trinamool Chairperson already has one million (Ten lakh) likes on Facebook.

Her very first tweet read:

A New Year. A new beginning for me on Twitter pic.twitter.com/hoDSlSe3ye

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 1, 2015

She also retweeted one of the tweets made by a follower:

@MamataOfficial @quizderek Welcome to Mamata Didi.. Honored to follow one of the greatest daughters of India..

— \/_PRABAL_\/ (@prabal_says) January 1, 2015

Trinamool was one of the early movers on social media in 2008 and has a strong presence in the digital medium. Other Trinamool MPs are also very active on Facebook and Twitter. Abhishek Banerjee has more than 170 thousand likes on Facebook. Suvendu Adhikari has around fifty thousand likes while Derek O’Brien has 3 lakh 50 thousand followers on Twitter.