HC halts BJP’s 41-day rath yatra, asks it to put plan on hold till January 9 hearing

Kolkata | Friday | 7th December, 2018

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I, therefore, direct to defer BJP rath yatra till January 9,” Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty said. KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has denied permission to the 41-day, statewide BJP rath yatra that was scheduled to begin from Cooch Behar on Friday. The SP in his report stated that Cooch Behar bordering post-NRC Assam is a sensitive region. It directed BJP to put the yatra on hold till the next hearing on January 9.“I am not giving any relief to the petitioner at this stage. They pleaded with the chief justice to hear the appeal on Thursday night itself considering the urgency as the yatra from Cooch Behar was planned for 10am on Friday..