The Kolkata Police have carried out intensive safety measures forward of at present’s ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ protest march, anticipating potential violence. The demonstration, pushed by calls for for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation, follows the alleged rape and homicide of a 31-year-old feminine trainee physician at RG Kar Medical School and Hospital.
The march is directed in direction of Nabanna, the state secretariat and the hub of the West Bengal authorities, the place the Chief Minister and different senior ministers and officers have their workplaces.
The protest march referred to as the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ is led by two teams. The primary is an unregistered scholar physique, ‘Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj’ and the second is called ‘Sangrami Joutha Mancha,’ a bunch of state authorities workers who’ve been demanding that their DA be introduced in step with what central authorities workers obtain.
Nevertheless, on Monday, Kolkata’s Extra Commissioner of Police, Supratim Sarkar, introduced that the applying by the ‘Paschimbanga Chhatro Samaj’ to carry the protest has been denied. “That they had introduced by social media and the press that they are going to be enterprise a program referred to as Nabanno Abhiyaan on 27th August, however they didn’t search permission, which is a compulsory requirement so far as the Excessive Court docket directives,” stated Sarkar.
The police cited visitors issues as the rationale for rejecting permission for the march. They defined that permitting giant gatherings might trigger main disruptions, which might severely inconvenience candidates heading to the UGC-NET exams. The national-level examination is being held at present, with many candidates from the state anticipated to take part.
Addressing reporters at Nabanna, ADG (Legislation and Order) Manoj Verma stated that police have obtained credible intelligence suggesting makes an attempt could be made by miscreants to combine amongst protestors and incite large-scale violence and chaos in the course of the rally, PTI reported.
“We’ve got obtained separate mails from the 2 organisations solely after we held a press convention earlier within the day. The one from ‘Chhatra Samaj’ was solely an intimation in regards to the programme having no particulars on the rally and didn’t search any permission. Therefore it was rejected,” PTI quoted Sarakar.
In line with ADG, South Bengal Supratim Sarkar, the second software, which included particulars about anticipated turnout and different related data, was rejected for 2 causes. First, many college students have been scheduled to take the UGC-NET exams on Tuesday, and second, prohibitory orders round Nabanna at present stop any gatherings within the space.
The Trinamool Congress has labeled the rally a ‘conspiracy’ geared toward creating chaos on the streets. To help their declare, they launched movies allegedly displaying BJP leaders from Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur district planning to incite violence in the course of the occasion.
The state police have deemed the rallies, which gained help largely by social media, as ‘unlawful’ and ‘unauthorized.’ The authorities stated that they’ve taken essential measures to deal with issues about potential legislation and order points in the course of the march. The federal government has imposed prohibitory orders close to Nabanna underneath Part 163 of BNSS stopping the meeting of 5 or extra individuals.
Chhatra Samaj spokesperson Sayan Lahiri said, “The claims made by the TMC and police are baseless. We goal to lift our calls for peacefully. If we’re stopped, we’ll try to proceed to the secretariat gate in a non-violent method to demand the CM’s resignation as a result of her failure to stop incidents just like the RG Kar case which has shocked the nation.” He added that rallies, ranging from varied areas and heading to Nabanna, are organised by an apolitical platform with no ties to the BJP, RSS, or ABVP.
On August 22, the Supreme Court docket dominated that the West Bengal authorities should permit peaceable protests associated to the incident with out disruption. Nevertheless, the court docket clarified that it has not barred the state authorities from exercising its lawful powers.
