Party leaders welcoming Rahul Gandhi in West Bengal
Kolkata: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has now entered West Bengal from Assam for the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Meanwhile, they are facing administrative hurdles in the state. Due to the possibility of major administrative hurdles in the state, some changes may be made in the program of the rally. Today as the rally led by Gandhi entered the Bengal region at Basirhat in Tufanganj subdivision of West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, he was welcomed by senior Congress leaders, including state Congress president and five-time party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Welcome forum removed
Meanwhile, since the rally entered the Bengal border, administrative hurdles have started coming in it. The original stage that was built to welcome Rahul Gandhi was demolished and an alternative one was built at a private place.
New platform built on private place
Senior Congress leader from Cooch Behar district M.M. “The police destroyed the original stage,” Hussain said. Police say that the stage was erected on the national highway without police permission. Therefore, we had to set up the same welcome stage at a private place on the opposite side of the road. Let us tell you that on Wednesday itself, Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her party’s sole victory on all 42 seats of West Bengal in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. Made official announcement of contesting the elections.
Changes in the program of Jalpaiguri also
State Congress leaders said that following the request of the district police officers, the schedule of Nyaya Yatra in Jalpaiguri city on January 28 will also have to be changed to some extent. A senior Congress leader from the state said, ‘The district police has informed us that the Nyaya Yatra rally will enter Jalpaiguri city only after 2 pm on Sunday, as police recruitment exams will be held in the city that morning. Rahul Gandhi had to have lunch at the same place where he was to hold the rally. Now after the police release, not only the program of the rally will have to be changed but the venue of their lunch will also have to be changed. (IANS)
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