Calcutta HC allows BJP’s demonstration in Kolkata over Sandeshkhali with 150 people

The Kolkata Police had refused permission to the state BJP for the demonstration, citing a ban on the use of loudspeakers due to the ongoing secondary and higher secondary examinations in schools.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar with supporters stage a dharna outside Sandeshkhali police station on Feb 22. (ANI Photo)

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed a two-day sit-in demonstration by the BJP in Kolkata, while directing that the number of participants should not exceed 150 people.

Allowing the demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the city’s Maidan area, Justice Kausik Chanda directed that loudspeakers cannot be used and that the programme will be held between 10 am and 6 pm on Wednesday and Thursday.

”সন্দেশখালি বিচার চায়”

লাঞ্ছিত মায়ের সম্ভ্রম, গরিবের লুঠ হওয়া জমি, শাহাজাহান বাহিনীর সন্ত্রাস বন্ধ করতে ২৮ এবং ২৯শে ফেব্রুয়ারি কলকাতার গান্ধী মূর্তির পাদদেশে বিজেপির ধর্না-অবস্থান। pic.twitter.com/DkSPCLoDOT

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The BJP said that it will hold the demonstration to protest the alleged atrocities by some local Trinamool Congress leaders in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.

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The Kolkata Police had refused permission to the state BJP for the demonstration, citing a ban on the use of loudspeakers due to the ongoing secondary and higher secondary examinations in schools.

The state BJP moved the court, seeking direction to the police to allow the demonstration.

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