KOLKATA: Calcutta HC on Friday gave green signal to BJP president Amit Shah 's rally, permission for which was denied by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the fire department.

The court, however, has asked the BJP to "comply with statutes" and appointed two special officers to help the party.

The BJP yesterday said that it will go ahead with the proposed rally, to be held on Sunday, of its national president Amit Shah.

The party claimed that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Bannerjee was "afraid" of the rise of the BJP and approached the Calcutta HC seeking justice.

"Mamata Banerjee doesn't believe in a democratic and peaceful political fight as her approach is anarchist, therefore her government has denied permission to hold a peaceful rally," BJP national secretary Siddarth Nath Singh said after the KMC and the fire department refused permission for the rally.

The BJP state unit had moved the bench of Justice Debangshu Basak alleging discrimination by the city police.

"The growth of BJP in Bengal has shaken the Trinamool leadership and the movement of Banerjee's core voters the minorities to BJP has taken her sleep away. The desperate move of stopping a democratic right of holding a rally will boomerang on Trinamool and particularly on Banerjee," said Singh, also the party's observer for the state.

(With inputs from IANS)

