'Shubho Nabo Barsho': PM Modi greets people on Bengali New Year

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Bengalis on the occasion of

Bengali New Year

.

"Greetings on Poyla Boishakh.

Shubho Nabo Barsho

!" the Prime Minister tweeted.



PM Modi also tweeted a campaign video of the BJP, which is locked in a keen contest with the ruling Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal assembly elections, saying, "A New Year and a resolve for new beginnings and progress for the great land of West Bengal!"




The Bengali New Year, also called

Poila Boishakh

, is the traditional new year day of the Bengali community.

'Pohela Boishakh' marks the first day of the first month of the traditional Bengali calendar.