Telangana: HC gives conditional nod for BJP leader’s padyatra

Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Monday permitted state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar to launch the fifth phase of his padayatra but with the condition that it should not pass through Bhainsa town.
Hearing a petition of the BJP challenging the order of Nirmal district police denying permission for the padyatra, the High Court allowed the padyatra but subject to certain conditions.
It restricted the number of participants in the padyatra to 500. The court directed that the public meeting should be held three kilometres away from Bhainsa town and the participants should not exceed 3,000. It made it clear that the leaders at the public meeting should desist from making provocative speeches.
Following the court order, the saffron party leaders were preparing a revised route map of the march.
Sanjay, who was under house arrest in Karimnagar since Sunday night, welcomed the court order. He told reporters that he will leave for Nirmal district to formally launch the fifth leg of his march.
The BJP leader will offer prayers at a temple in Nirmal town to start his padyatra. He will walk only one kilometre on Monday.