The Assam Police has filed a case towards Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and its organiser KB Byju for allegedly violating the state authorities’s pointers concerning the yatra route.
The police stated that the rally organisers allegedly deviated from the assigned instructions and took a non-charted route because the yatra handed by means of Jorhat city on Thursday afternoon.
The police additional stated that the sudden change in route led to disruptions, including that the organisers, together with KB Byjiu and others, allegedly incited the group to interrupt site visitors barricades and assaulted the on-duty law enforcement officials.
When contacted, Chief of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia instructed PTI that the FIR was a ploy to create pointless obstacles earlier than the yatra.
“There was no police manning the traffic diversion at the PWD point. The assigned route was too small and we had a huge gathering. So, we took a detour for just a few metres. Himanta Biswa Sarma is scared of the yatra’s success on the first day (in Assam) and now wants to derail it,” he added.
The Assam stretch of the march is scheduled to persist till January 25, protecting a distance of 833 km throughout 17 districts.
Led by the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, the yatra kicked off from Manipur on January 14 and is about to conclude on March 20 in Mumbai. The general plan envisions the yatra protecting 6,713 km over 67 days, traversing 110 districts throughout 15 states.
(With PTI inputs)
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