The 48th edition of the Ratha yatra organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) since 1971, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
India Today's Special Investigation Team in a secret operation has now reportedly found that there was hardly any specific intelligence of any law and order issues at the time of Rath Yatra to justify the ban.
Siddiqullah Chowdhury is the minister for library and mass education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet and also the President of the West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulama.