Kolkata: While inaugurating several new health services in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stood firm on her stand against SIR.

In a lighter exchange she mentioned that once she had asked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee whether he shares his birthday with Jesus Christ which is December 25, which according to her Vajpayee had replied that his official birth date differed from the real one.

“I can relate this thing with my own self. Previously we hardly had any institutional deliveries. We used to get birth at home in our villages and an arbitrary date used to be given by our parents. Like those of us who are born at home, how can we give our parent’s birth certificates? Our education certificates often served as birth certificates.” said Mamata

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