Yogi Adityanath denied permission to hold rallies in West Bengal, says BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday claimed that permission for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Kolkata rally on May 15 has been denied. The BJP had sought permission for a rally at 3 pm on May 15 in South Kolkata. Union Minister Smriti Irani's rally, too, has been denied permission.

"Yogi Adityanath had to hold rallies in all 5 Lok Sabha seats of South 24 Parganas district on May 15 but EC denied permission. Smriti Irani Ji was supposed to come tomorrow, we planned an event of her in Jadavpur. They denied permission at the last minute," BJP's Sunil Deodhar said.