Modi Wishes Mamata Banerjee on Her Birthday, Prays for Her Health

The message again draws attention to her disputed birth year recorded as 1955 in official documents.

Overview

In a post on X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, 'Birthday wishes to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Didi. I pray for her good health and long life.'
The greeting continues a pattern of the Prime Minister publicly wishing Banerjee on January 5 each year.
Official records list her birthdate as January 5, 1955, which by that record makes her 71 this Monday.
Banerjee said last year that she was 65 on that day and claimed her father had extended her birth year during school enrolment.
Banerjee is West Bengal’s first woman chief minister, taking office in 2011 and leading her party to state election victories in 2016 and 2021.