A division bench led by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam will hear the petition on Thursday.

“In our PIL we highlighted that we apprehend there will be a law and order situation following the said rally (TMC rally). The rally should be deferred. If not, there should be deployment of paramilitary forces in Bengal on January 22. The matter will be heard tomorrow,” said Srijeeb Chakraborty, advocate for Suvendu Adhikari.

On Tuesday, Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief, said that on January 22 she would be in Kolkata, where she would offer prayers at a Kali temple and lead an interfaith rally.

Speaking to the mediapersons later, Adhikari had said, “Through the rally on January 22, she is trying to disturb communal harmony in the state. In every block such rallies have been announced when people of Bengal will celebrate the Ram Mandir. Life and property of the people are at risk. I will ask the governor (CV Ananda Bose) to ask the Centre to deploy central forces in sensitive areas of the state. Earlier, during the Ram Navami rallies, we saw how miscreants attacked and such sensitive areas are known to all.”