Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's Varanasi rally cancelled after denied permission, says JD-U leader
India TV NewsPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Rohaniya Assembly constituency has been cancelled after the local authorities refused to grant permission for the meeting, said the Janata Dal on Thursday. JD de facto leader Kumar was scheduled to address a public rally on December 24 in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. UP under Yogi Adityanth's dictatorship Senior JD leader and Bihar Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar, who is in charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh told news agency PTI, "CM Nitish Kumar's December 24 public meeting in Rohaniya, Varanasi, has been cancelled as the administration of Jagatpur Inter College in Rohaniya where Kumar was supposed to hold a public meeting, refused to give us permission for the same on Thursday because of the pressure by the local administration and the state government. Also Read: Amit Shah, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar attend 26th Eastern Zonal Council Meeting in Patna