New Delhi, December 24: Tussle between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led state government and Bharatiya Janata Party for the latter's 'Rath Yatra' ended in a setback, after the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing plea. BJP had appealed the apex court for an urgent hearing on the three 'Rath Yatras' in West Bengal, as the Calcutta High Court had denied permission last week.

Listening to the plea filed by the saffron front, the Supreme Court Registrar refused the petition against the Calcutta High Court's division bench order on BJP's yatra in West Bengal and stated that the matter would be heard only after January 2, 2019. Earlier on Friday, the Calcutta High Court's division bench denied permission for three 'rath yatras' by BJP in West Bengal. Chief Justice - Debasish Kar Gupta - quashed the order of the court's single bench allowing the BJP to hold its yatra. BJP's Rath Yatra in West Bengal Halted by Calcutta High Court.

Fearing violence, the West Bengal government reached the division bench and asked to reconsider the case based on intelligence input. After hearing the petition in detail, the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court denied the permission for the BJP's 'Save Democracy Yatra' in West Bengal.

The TMC-led government had previously on December 15 faxed its decision to the state unit of BJP that the permission for the ‘yatras’ can’t be permitted, as it could incite violence in the state. Challenging the order, the BJP state unit reached the court with an appeal against the government’s move. Though, initially they were given permission, but later the Calcutta High court denied it.

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