Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah will finally hold his rally in Kolkata on Sunday. On Saturday, clashes erupted between BJP and TMC party workers in the Parui area of Birbhum.
Shah's rally, was given a green signal by the city municipal corporation and fire department.
"The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has granted permission to BJP President Amit Shah's rally on Sunday," Mayor in-council Debasish Kumar said.
"We have received NOCs from both the KMC and fire services for holding the rally," state BJP (office secretary) Alok Guha Roy said.
State party spokesman Ritesh Tiwari hailed it as a "moral victory" of BJP, which has accused the ruling TMC of trying to create hurdles in order to stall the rally.
The rally site was inspected by the two special officers appointed by the Calcutta High Court to ensure compliance of fire and municipal rules.
Director General of fire services Sanjoy Mukherjee and Joint Commissioner (Development) of KMC S Santra, the two special officers appointed by the HC, visited the rally site on Saturday morning.
Fire services' officials, DC (central) DP Singh, BJP leaders Tathagata Roy, Alok Guha Roy and their other party colleagues also visited the rally location.
The high court had appointed the two special officers to ensure compliance of fire services and municipal rules in the public meeting, observing that the
government should not be rigid in the compliance of these rules while granting permission.
(With additional information from PTI)
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