Calcutta HC denies permission to BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal | 2019 Kaun Jitega

The Calcutta High Court has on Thursday denied permission to BJP to hold a rath yatra from Coochbehar, a day before it was to be flagged off by party president Amit Shah. The court on Thursday deferred the rath yatra till next date of hearing on January 9, 2019. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said his party will move division bench of Calcutta HC challenging the single bench order.

The West Bengal government has refused permission to Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' on grounds that it might cause communal tension, the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court. The state submitted that it might cause communal tension.