Citing Board exams,PIL seeks postponement of Maya’s rally

A day after a local lawyer filed a petition seeking a ban on the proposed BSP rally on March 15,another PIL seeking a change in the date of the rally was filed at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday.

The PIL stated that March 15 being a Monday is a working day and hundreds of students will appear for various Board examinations. Petitioner Sangam Lal Pandey has sought the court’s intervention in asking the BSP to hold the rally on a non-working day. The CBSE,ICSE and UP Board examinations are currently underway in the state. “We have no objection to the BSP holding a rally,but being the party in power they should ensure that inconvenience should not be caused to people in general and students in particular,” he said. Traffic diversions and other security measures will sure affect the students and hence,the BSP should be asked to change the date,he added.

The BSP is gearing up to hold a massive rally,expected to be attended by over 25 lakh people,on the birthday of its founder Kanshiram.