Panchayat Polls: Sunil Gupta denied permission for victory rally

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, June 4: The newly-elected Panchayat Committee member of Bagbera Colony Panchayat, Sunil Gupta, was denied permission to take out victory cum thanksgiving rally on Sunday. He had applied to the office of Dhalbhum SDO to get permission for the proposed rally in order to thank voters. In reply to his application, the SDO office informed him that a case of violating Covid-19 norms would be registered against him if he takes out the victory rally, sources said.

Gupta expressed disappointment over the administrative response to his plea and said the local residents and his supporters were dismayed too. He alleged that many elected representatives had taken out victory rally, but were allowed by the administration. He said he would complain to Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Health Minister Banna Gupta in this connection.