National general secretary of Trinamool Congress (TMC), Abhishek Banerjee will visit Tripura on Sunday (October 31) and is scheduled to address a public rally near pre-scheduled spot, Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan in Agartala – however, number of attendees should not be more than 500.

 

However, a day-long tussle between the Police and TMC leader ensued on Saturday – a day prior to the rally – as Police asked the TMC leaders to shift the venue. 

 

The tussle continued until TMC moved the High Court of Tripura on Saturday night. TMC Steering Committee convenor of Tripura, Subal Bhowmik said that the permission was granted to hold the rally in front of Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan subject to conditions and the party had accepted all the conditions, keeping in mind the Covid protocols. But, the police had asked to change the venue at the last moment. TMC leaders, however, remained defiant.

 

TMC obtained permission from the High Court to hold the Abhishek Banerjee’s rally on Sunday at pre-scheduled venue near Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan – subject to certain conditions including restricting number of attendees to 500 only. 

Advocate Sankar Lodh moved the petition of TMC before the High Court of Tripura seeking its intervention so that the party can hold the rally in the same place for which the permission was granted by police.

 

After conducting a virtual hearing on the petition on urgent basis, the High Court prescribed some conditions and allowed the Trinamool Congress to organize the rally with no change in the venue, TCM leader Kunal Ghosh told the media.

 

TMC MP Sushmita Dev in a tweet commented that the court decision was a ‘moral victory’ for the party.

 

“I thank the Honble High court of Tripura for allowing us to hold the meeting of @abhishekaitc with restrictions of upto a certain number of people only@at the same venue. The police has been acting so arbitrarily & this is a moral victory. Thank the supporters of @AITC4Tripura,” she commented.

 

The TMC leaders and workers welcomed the decision of the High Court that brought huge relief for them.