CHENNAI: The Tamil nadu The government informed the Madras High Court what have you decided to deny Excuse me for BJP‘is proposed’Vel Yatra‘(demonstration) in view of the Covoid-19 pandemic.
The BJP plans to carry out the Vetrivel Yatra from Tiruttani to Tiruchendur, covering six abodes of Lord Murugan, beginning on November 6 and ending on December 6.
“According to a government order of October 31, religious, social and political gatherings with no more than 100 people would be allowed only after November 15,” said Attorney General Vijay Narayan.
The presentations were made in response to two public interest litigation promoted by activist P Senthil Kumar and journalist N Balamurugan seeking to prevent the BJP Tamil Nadu unit from organizing the rally as the pandemic is not over yet.
Opposing the position of the state government, advocate V Ragavachari, representative of the BJP, argued that the state was not above the law and had to follow the guidelines issued by the Center that allowed such religious gatherings.
To this, the first bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice AP Sahi and Judge Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said the party could not take such a position without challenging the October 31 GO that prohibited such meetings until November 15.
“We would have challenged the GO if the state had rejected our representation requesting permission for the demonstration citing the GO. But the authorities involved have not yet issued orders in this regard, ”Ragavachari replied.
He added that the vehicle (yatra) was going to be moving and there would be no meeting.
Refusing to accept the same, the court said it could not rely on such oral submissions.
Noting that they were analyzing the merits of the case, the court said: “It is open to the state government to approve the order corresponding to the representation requesting permission for the demonstration.”
“If any of the parties to the petitions is aggrieved by said order, they can go to court to challenge it,” said the court and resolved the allegations.
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