With the BJP-sponsored triple Rath Yatras — the first one scheduled to begin on December 7 from Coochbehar in North Bengal — hitting a road block in the absence of administrative clearance the Bengal saffron leadership on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court seeking appropriate orders on the issue.
Approaching the Court of Justice Tapobrata Chakrabarty the BJP leadership said despite repeatedly writing letters seeking permission from the State Director General of Police, Home Secretary and the Inspectors General of Police concerned they had not received any communication from them.
The BJP’s Yatras are scheduled to start from Coochbehar on December 7, Ganga Sagar on December 9 and Birbhum on December 14. All the Yatras will be inaugurated by party president Amit Shah and will be addressed by top party leaders like UP and Assam Chief Ministers Yogi Adityanath and Sarbananda Sonowal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address four rallies at Siliguri, Durgapur, Malda and Birbhum during the Yatra.
Responding to the petition State Advocate General Kishore Dutta said that the BJP had not written to the appropriate authorities for permission to which the saffron outfit said similar letters had also been written to the SPs of the districts concerned. The Judge however advised the parties to settle the issue amicably before returning to the Court. The matter would be taken up for hearing on Thursday noon.