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Not denied permission to Rath Yatra, BJP indulging in malicious propaganda: TMC ANI | Updated: Feb 05, 2021 15:55 IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not denied permission for Rath Yatra by the West Bengal state government and challenged BJP to provide evidence to the contrary. Govt West Bengal has not denied permission to any Yatra, as claimed by BJP. They are indulging in malicious propaganda with neither substance nor truth. BJP must show material evidence of GoWB denying permission to their Yatra. This is BJP s attempt to claim victimhood, said a tweet on TMC s Twitter handle.
Updated Feb 05, 2021 | 21:01 IST
The Mamata Banerjee-led party s rebuttal has come hours after the BJP claimed the TMC govt has denied permission to hold Rath Yatra in West Bengal. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI
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BJP is indulging in malicious propaganda with neither substance nor truth: TMC
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday iterated the state government has not denied permission for Rath Yatra and that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is indulging in malicious propaganda. The TMC also challenged the saffron party to produce evidence to prove its claim.
On its official Twitter handle, TMC wrote, Govt West Bengal has not denied permission to any Yatra, as claimed by BJP. They are indulging in malicious propaganda with neither substance nor truth. BJP must show material evidence of GoWB denying permission to their Yatra. This is BJP s attempt to claim victimhood.
Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 10:08 IST
The saffron party has decided to carry out a peaceful political programme throughout West Bengal in the form of Rath Yatra in February and March covering all constituencies of the state. Representational image | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: In yet another hurdle for Bharatiya Janata Party s proposed Rath Yatra in poll-bound West Bengal, a PIL (public interest litigation) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to stop it citing concerns over law and order.
The saffron party has decided to carry out a peaceful political programme throughout West Bengal in the form of Rath Yatra in February and March covering all constituencies of the state, as per the party sources.
Calcutta High Court
NEW DELHI: A PIL has been moved in the Calcutta high court seeking directions to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) s rath yatras in the poll-bound West Bengal.
The PIL has been filed by advocate Rama Prashad Sarkar. BJP has announced that it will start the Yatra on February 6 and continue for 25 days. I beg to pray before chief justice to look into the matter. There is Covid-19 still going, law and order situation. So the Court should immediately stop the Yatra at this stage, Sarkar told ANI. Matter will be heard on Friday at 10.30am but I beg to pray that rath yatra should be immediately stopped, he added.