New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday stated Rahul Gahdi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has been denied permission to move by means of Guwahati, information company PTI reported.
The Congress’s mega outreach marketing campaign is scheduled to achieve Kamrup (Metropolitan) district on January 23.
“We had utilized for permission for a roadshow and padayatra by means of a particular route in Guwahati. But it surely has been refused,” Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting Debabrata Saikia instructed PTI.
The Congress chief additional claimed that they wrote to the police in search of permission for the march on January 12. A follow-up electronic mail was additionally despatched on January 19 and on Saturday morning.
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“As we didn’t get any response even after a number of hours of my electronic mail, I known as the deputy commissioner of Guwahati police who’s in command of granting permissions. He knowledgeable me over the telephone that our request had been denied. The written intimation will likely be made accessible on Sunday as the highest officers had been busy with the union dwelling minister’s go to at this time,” Saikia instructed the information company.
In response to Saikia, Congress has been requested to take the procession by means of the Khanapara-Jayanagar-Basistha-Gorchuk-Lohkra route, which is the Nationwide Freeway 27 East-West, PTI reported.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) normal secretary Jairam Ramesh additionally took to X in regards to the denial of permission.
“The Assam CM continues to disclaim permission to the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ to enter Guwahati on January twenty third. He’s additionally refusing permission to @RahulGandhi to work together with the media on the Guwahati Press Membership on the Membership’s invitation. Clearly the Assam CM may be very nervous and shaken by the large response to the Yatra in Assam thus far,” he wrote.
Nonetheless, Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah stated the Congress’s request was “into consideration”.