UP: Barabanki administration denied permission for Owaisi’s meeting.
The district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki on Wednesday refused permission for AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s meeting due to security reasons.
Owaisi is currently on a tour of UP and is campaigning for his party ahead of next year’s state assembly elections. He started his campaign from Ayodhya on Tuesday.
SDM Sadar Nawabganj Pankaj Singh said on Wednesday night that Sajjad Hussain of AIMIM had sought permission for a public meeting at Katra Imambara on Thursday, but it was denied due to security reasons.
However, the administration allowed the program at the residence of AIMIM District President Chaudhary Faizur Rahman in Katra Baradari locality from 11 am to 2 pm.
Singh said only 50 people would be allowed in the event in compliance with the coronavirus protocol.
The AIMIM president is on a three-day visit to the state. Owaisi had earlier said that his party would contest 100 assembly seats in the upcoming elections.
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