<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to consider a plea by the state BJP for carrying out the 'contact programme' (yatras) over there.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked the West Bengal BJP to give a fresh schedule of its programmes which would be considered by the state government.</p>.<p>"The petitioner will submit a revised schedule of the Rath Yatra/Ganatantra Bachao Yatra/Chetna Yatra to the respondent state government during the course of the day. The state government shall consider the same," the bench said in its order.</p>.<p>The court issued notice to the West Bengal government on a special leave petition by the state BJP challenging a Calcutta High Court's division bench order of December 21, restraining it from taking out 'yatras' to cover every constituency there.</p>.<p>The party, in its petition, contended that its fundamental right to hold a peaceful 'yatra' cannot be withheld merely on ground of “surmises and conjectures” as made out by the state government.</p>.<p>The court put the matter for further consideration on January 15.</p>.<p>The "ganatantra bachao yatra" to cover 42 constituencies of West Bengal, which was originally scheduled from December 7 has been re-scheduled, but it cannot be started due to “illegal denial” of permission by the state authorities, the petitioner claimed.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to consider a plea by the state BJP for carrying out the 'contact programme' (yatras) over there.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked the West Bengal BJP to give a fresh schedule of its programmes which would be considered by the state government.</p>.<p>"The petitioner will submit a revised schedule of the Rath Yatra/Ganatantra Bachao Yatra/Chetna Yatra to the respondent state government during the course of the day. The state government shall consider the same," the bench said in its order.</p>.<p>The court issued notice to the West Bengal government on a special leave petition by the state BJP challenging a Calcutta High Court's division bench order of December 21, restraining it from taking out 'yatras' to cover every constituency there.</p>.<p>The party, in its petition, contended that its fundamental right to hold a peaceful 'yatra' cannot be withheld merely on ground of “surmises and conjectures” as made out by the state government.</p>.<p>The court put the matter for further consideration on January 15.</p>.<p>The "ganatantra bachao yatra" to cover 42 constituencies of West Bengal, which was originally scheduled from December 7 has been re-scheduled, but it cannot be started due to “illegal denial” of permission by the state authorities, the petitioner claimed.</p>
