Even as the padayatra permission was denied twice by the police the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided to go ahead with the programme on September 22 next. If this time also permission is denied the party will move the court, said Kunal Ghosh , TMC leader presently in Agartala.
TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will lead the rally in Agartala.
Ghosh said the route from Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan to Orient Chowmuhani would remain the same and the Padayatra would commence at 2 pm.
Ghosh, accompanied by Sushmita Dev and other party leaders, was addressing a press conference at a city hotel on Tuesday.
Ghosh said, earlier the Padayatra of Abhishek Banerjee was scheduled on September 15 and then on September 16 but police denied giving permission for both the dates.
While permission was already granted for a mass rally to another political party on September 15, the police denied giving permission for September 16 also citing traffic management, as the Viswakarma Puja on the next day, as well as law and order situation.
He said the TMC then sought permission for September 16 but police didn’t grant permission citing commitments for traffic management and law and order as Viswakarma Puja to be celebrated in large-scale across the state on the next day.
Denied permission twice, AITC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday tweeted, “.@BJP4India is SCARED TO DEATH and @BjpBiplab is using all his might & resources to prevent me from entering Tripura. Keep trying but you CANNOT stop me. Your fear of @AITCofficial shows that your days in governance are numbered. Truth be told, YEH DARR HUMEIN ACHHA LAGA!”
