Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday gave conditional permission to Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool to observe Martyrs' Day rally on July 21 at the Birla Planetarium area in Kolkata. Although the party had sought place for 20,000 people, the court allowed an assembly of 2,500 people, said Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Trinamool MP and advocate, who fought the case for Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday.
Martyr's Day commemoration has reached a flashpoint between the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool and Ritabrata Banerjee's dissident Trinamool with both seeking the Victoria House location in Esplanade to hold the function. Martyrs' Day was celebrated in a big way by the Trinamool Congress till last year and the entire city used to come to a standstill due to the crowd.
