Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Venue permission revoked for Rahul Gandhi's Prayagraj student event
A famous Indian politician named Rahul Gandhi planned to meet students in Prayagraj to talk about exam paper leaks and other problems students face.
The meeting was scheduled for August 8 at a place called KP Ground.
The people who own the ground, the Kayastha Pathshala Trust, changed their minds and took back the permission.
They said a court order says the ground can only be used for sports and school activities.
They also said the ground had too much water after the rain and was not safe.
Rahul Gandhi is an important leader of the opposition in India's parliament.
His party, the Congress, says the ruling party, the BJP, is trying to stop the event because it is afraid of Gandhi.
A party leader named Ajay Rai said Gandhi will still come to Prayagraj on August 8 and meet the students.
He asked the government to give them another place for the meeting.
Now everyone is waiting to see where the students' meeting will be held.
The Kayastha Pathshala Trust revoked permission for Rahul Gandhi's 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' student programme, scheduled for August 8 at KP Ground in Prayagraj.
Trust acting president Jitendra Nath Chaudhary cited an Allahabad High Court order dated August 14, 2025, restricting the ground to sports and educational activities.
The trust also said the rain-waterlogged ground was unsafe for a public event and that the original permission was conditional on district magistrate approval.
UP Congress president Ajay Rai alleged BJP pressure and asserted Gandhi will still visit Prayagraj on August 8, urging authorities to provide an alternative venue.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi questioned the cancellation, and state Congress said it had secured permission in advance and paid Rs 51,000 in venue fees.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha; Kayastha Pathshala Trust acting president Jitendra Nath Chaudhary; Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai; Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi.
- What
- Permission was revoked for Gandhi's 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' student interaction programme scheduled at KP Ground.
- When
- Event scheduled for August 8; revocation reported on August 5; cited Allahabad High Court order dated August 14, 2025.
- Where
- KP Ground, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The trust cited an Allahabad High Court order restricting the ground to sports and educational activities and said the waterlogged venue was unsafe; Congress alleged political obstruction by the BJP government.
Congress position
Trust and administration position
Reason for venue permission revocation
Congress position
Congress leaders alleged the BJP state government was applying pressure because it is 'afraid' of Gandhi; Priyanka Gandhi asked, 'Don't know what they are afraid of?', and Ajay Rai claimed events in Kota and Dehradun were similarly cancelled.
Trust and administration position
Trust acting president Jitendra Nath Chaudhary said the Allahabad High Court's August 14, 2025, order restricts the KP College ground to sports and educational activities, and that the waterlogged ground was unsafe for a public event.
Will the event take place?
Congress position
Ajay Rai asserted that Rahul Gandhi will come to Prayagraj on August 8 and interact with students regardless, showing a permission he said was granted on July 30, and urging the state government and district administration to provide an alternative venue.
Trust and administration position
The trust revoked the venue permission just two days before the event and noted the permission granted to the Congress was conditional upon approval from the district magistrate.
- Event
- Chhatron Ki Goonj (student interaction programme)
- Scheduled date
- August 8
- Venue
- KP Ground, Prayagraj
- Permission revoked by
- Kayastha Pathshala Trust
- Trust's acting president
- Jitendra Nath Chaudhary
- Reasons cited
- Allahabad High Court order (Aug 14, 2025); waterlogging
- Scheduled speaker
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha
- Venue fee claimed paid
- Rs 51,000
