The West Bengal government on Wednesday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court against the court’s earlier order for a BJP rally in central Kolkata. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to attend the November 29 mega rally. On November 20, a single-judge bench of Justice Rajashekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court not only allowed the BJP to hold the rally on November 29 at the same venue in central Kolkata. permission, where the ruling Trinamool Congress celebrates its annual Martyrs’ Day, but also made some negative comments about the police’s denial of permission in this regard.
Noting that in a free country anyone has the freedom to go anywhere, Justice Mantha also questioned the propriety of denying police permission for this. On Wednesday, the government challenged the earlier decision of the single judge bench before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmoy Bhattacharya. The division bench has accepted the petition of the state government and the case will be heard as soon as possible.
The BJP’s proposed rally has been organized to highlight alleged irregularities by the state government in implementing the centrally sponsored 100-day job scheme under MNREGA. Apart from Amit Shah, the party also included Union Minister of State for Rural Development Giriraj Singh and Minister of State Niranjan Jyoti has also been invited. As a result, uncertainty has once again arisen regarding the venue of BJP’s ‘royal’ program. However, BJP supporters say that she is afraid of the Trinamool BJP meeting.