BJP leaders asked to finalise rath yatra schedule

Kolkata | Tuesday | 20th November, 2018

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KOLKATA: West Bengal government on Tuesday asked the Bengal BJP leaders to join a meeting to finalise the schedule for rath yatra . Home secretary Atri Bhattacharya is likely to meet Bengal BJP leaders at Nabanna here within two days.“We have submitted detailed routes with the state secretariat and they have informed us that they are ready for talks. “The main rath will continue its journey to Siliguri in north Bengal, while upa-rath from areas like Kalimpong will join it en-route,” a BJP leader said.“We will talk about the ground realities in West Bengal. That will provide us with an advantage before the poll campaign is launched,” said a BJP leader. The first yatra, which the party president Amit Shah will inaugurate, will be flagged off from Coochbehar..