West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh (File photo)
Tripura Police on Monday denied permission to TMC to hold a rally in Agartala on September 15 and 16.
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The BJP on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress of adopting double standards in complying with the Disaster Management Act, claiming that Mamata BanerjeeThe -led party is not allowing the opposition to organize political events in West Bengal citing COVID-related restrictions but wants to organize a rally in Tripura. Tripura Police on Monday denied permission to TMC to hold a rally in Agartala on September 15 and 16.
The TMC, however, claimed that the saffron party has no moral right to talk about organizing political events in the times of Covid as it has asked the Election Commission (EC) to hold together the last phases of the assembly elections in April. Didn’t say in coronavirus cases in the state. “Despite following the Covid-19 protocols, many of our programs were stopped by the police in recent days. They cite the Disaster Management Act to thwart the activities of the opposition. The same Trinamool was responsible for taking out a rally in Tripura. How can we take a resolution? Covid restrictions imposed by the administration?” West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh said. When permission was sought to hold a rally in Agartala on September 15, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sadar) of West Tripura district told TMC in a letter on Monday that it was not granted. In another letter issued on Monday, the same official said that permission cannot be granted to organize the event on September 16, as the police will not be allowed to attend the Vishwakarma Puja on Friday. Law and order commitment.
Ghosh also accused the TMC of making relentless efforts to disrupt the “peaceful situation” in Tripura. Senior TMC leaders from West Bengal are visiting the northeastern state to build an organizational base ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections.
Responding to Ghosh’s remarks, senior TMC leader West Bengal Transport Minister Firhad Hakim claimed that the BJP has lost the moral right to talk about the appropriateness of holding political events in the times of Covid. “When there was a sharp rise in Covid cases in April, the BJP asked the Election Commission not to link the last phases of the assembly elections and showed little respect for public health. It was only the Trinamool Congress that raised the issue over and over again. The bar was flagged,” Hakim said. The TMC on Monday postponed its proposed rally led by its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the Tripura capital after police did not allow the event to be held on September 15 and 16, leading the TMC leader to claim that the BJP was “death to death”. scared”. The Mamata Banerjee-led party K.
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