BJP rally held without permission; violent participants damaged public property: West Bengal Govt to HC
The Hindu
The BJP took out three processions from separate points to the State secretariat in protest against alleged corrupt practices of the Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal
The West Bengal Government on September 19 submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court stating that the BJP’s march to State secretariat Nabanna last week was held without permission and participants turned violent leading to damage to public properties and injuries to policemen.
In the report, Home Secretary B.P. Gopalika stated that permission for two Assemblies in Howrah district — one at Santragachi bus stand and the other at Howrah Maidan — on September 13 was denied by the police considering congestion, traffic and security.
Kolkata Police authorities also refused to give permission to hold ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ (March to Nabanna) procession from the city on that day, he said.
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The BJP took out three processions from separate points to the State secretariat in protest against alleged corrupt practices of the Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal.
The report was submitted before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj on its direction of September 13 over allegations in a petition that BJP supporters were forcibly prevented from attending the rally.
The report by the State said that preventive orders on gatherings under Section 144 of CrPC were already in force in the area.
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