Calcutta High Court allows RSS rally in Burdwan

Justice Amrita Sinha said the meeting should be conducted ‘peacefully’ according to the WBBSE rules

Written by Atri Mitra

Kolkata | February 14, 2025 06:56 PM IST

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On Thursday, the RSS, West Bengal approached the bench alleging that they were denied permission for the meeting to be addressed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Representational Image/File)

The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave permission to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) West Bengal unit to hold a rally at Sai Complex in Burdwan on February 16. However, the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha stipulated conditions for the same.

On Thursday, the RSS, West Bengal approached the bench alleging that they were denied permission for the meeting to be addressed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Sai Complex due to their intention to use loudspeakers.

The petitioner claimed that the Sub-Divisional Officer of the area had denied permission citing the ongoing secondary examinations by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) being underway.

Justice Amrita Sinha said on Friday, “Since it is (scheduled for) a Sunday and it is only a programme of one hour and 15 minutes, the Calcutta High Court does not think anyone will have difficulty.”

The conditions include conducting the meeting “peacefully” and according to the rules of the WBBSE board examinations.

The Centre’s deputy solicitor general Dhiraj Trivedi, appearing as a lawyer for the RSS, said that the meeting will be held at the Sports Authority of India field in Burdwan and they had already obtained permission. He said that there is no school within one and a half kilometres. However, they said they informed police because Bhagwat has Z-plus security.

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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