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Madras HC grants permission to PM Modi’s Coimbatore roadshow on March 18

Police had denied permission to the roadshow, citing security reasons and the ongoing public exam.

Modi roadshowThe permit comes hours after the BJP state unit approached the High Court, challenging a police order denying permission to Modi's roadshow. (File photo)
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The Madras High Court on Friday directed Coimbatore Police to permit a 4-km roadshow during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city on March 18, with certain conditions.

The permit comes hours after the BJP state unit approached the High Court, challenging a police order denying permission to Modi’s roadshow.

Police had denied permission to the roadshow, citing security reasons and the ongoing public exam.

Earlier, launching a scathing attack on the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called the Dravidian party an ‘enemy’ of the state’s future and charged it with harbouring hatred towards the country, its culture and heritage.

Addressing a public meeting in Kanniyakumari, he said the earlier UPA regime, of which the DMK was a key constituent, did little for the development of Kanniyakumari and asserted that development works, including in the road sector, have been fast tracked after the NDA came to power in 2014.

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