New Delhi: West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday claimed that his celebration isn’t being given permission for organising some public conferences as a part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra within the state, information company PTI reported.
“In some locations, we face roadblocks as we aren’t getting permission to organise public conferences, citing exams. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has confronted issues within the Northeast, together with Assam, and now it’s dealing with issues in TMC-ruled West Bengal as effectively,” PTI quoted Chowdhury as saying.
The Congress chief additional mentioned that the schedule for the yatra was submitted to the state administration lengthy again however regardless of that, the celebration didn’t get permission for some public conferences.
“We have been denied permission to carry a public assembly in Siliguri. We anticipated higher cooperation from the state authorities. In any case, the route and the itinerary of the Yatra stay the identical aside from a couple of adjustments,” Adhir Chowdhury advised the information company.
The Congress veteran additionally asserted that the celebration’s outreach marketing campaign was aimed toward “safeguarding” the basic rights supplied by the Structure and had nothing to do with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
His remarks got here amid an deadlock over seat-sharing in Bengal after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed that TMC would go it alone in all of the seats within the normal elections.
Talking on the Bharat Jodo Nyay yatra, the ruling TMC, nevertheless, mentioned that the state administration is freed from political influences.
“Adhir Chowdhury is chargeable for the INDIA alliance falling aside in West Bengal. Secondly, all opposition events conduct programmes within the state, no person faces any issues. The administration will need to have taken the choice as there are board examinations in colleges,” PTI quoted TMC chief Santanu Sen as saying.
Notably, the Congress Yatra, which kicked off in Manipur on January 14, entered West Bengal from Assam on Thursday, and took a two-day break. It would resume on January 28.