KOLKATA: On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was earlier denied permission to land in West Bengal, will travel to the TMC-ruled state to address a public rally in Purulia. The saint-politician will land in Jharkhand's Bokaro and take the road to reach Purulia. While he is scheduled to address the rally around 1 PM  at Nabakunja Maidan, Near Bhangara Mod in Purulia.

However, Yogi Adityanath's rally in Purulia comes amid the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government's ongoing fight with the Centre over CBI's move to arrest Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. The UP Chief Minister was scheduled to address a rally in Bankura on Monday, however, it was cancelled by the West Bengal BJP as the district administration denied permission for his chopper to land in the state.

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said that "We have decided to cancel the Bankura rally of Yogi Adityanath as the district administration is dilly-dallying on giving permission for the landing of his chopper. We didn't want to take any risk and so we cancelled it,". Ghosh, however, said that Adityanath's rally in Purulia will take place as per schedule as of now.

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The TMC-BJP tussle became uglier on Sunday with the West Bengal government denying permission to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's chopper to land in the state and let him address two scheduled rallies in north Bengal. Adityanath had to address the rallies in Raigunj and Balurghat via telephone. Earlier on Monday, a high-level BJP delegation met the Chief Election Commissioner and complained about the situation in West Bengal and its government's repeated refusal to grant permission for BJP leaders to hold rallies ahead of the state.

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