Congress fumes as sports department cancels venue booking for programme

Shimla | Monday | 9th July, 2018

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DHARAMSHALA: A row erupted between the Congress and the BJP on Sunday, after the sport department cancelled permission granted to the opposition to hold a day-long convention at the Indoor Stadium here. No reason has been assigned for cancellation of the permission, he added.No official from the department was available for comment. “However, now we have received a letter from the district youth services and sports officer, saying the permission has been cancelled,” he said. The programme was scheduled for Monday and the Congress has been left with little time to shift the venue.The programme was being held to mark the first visit of newly appointed All India Congress Committee ( AICC ) in-charge of party affairs in Himachal, Rajni Patil. She was to preside over the convention here, the venue of which has now been shifted to a marriage palace in Kangra.Congress leaders claimed that they had sought permission from the department of youth services and sports, Kangra, for holding convention on July 9..