The loudspeaker controversy in Maharashtra deepened when MNS chief Raj Thackeray said on Sunday that his party workers would play Hanuman Chalisa if loudspeakers were not removed from mosques. He also warned that if the loudspeakers are not removed after May 4, then we will not sit silent.
“What happens in Maharashtra after that, I don’t know. I want to ask the policemen here to go out and start removing these loudspeakers from now on.
A journalist asked me why do you take a stand on loudspeaker today. I said that we should chant Hanuman Chalisa and Muslims should listen. A journalist from Nashik told me that he is a Muslim and he also has a problem with loudspeakers. Their children can’t sleep: Raj Thackeray pic.twitter.com/Px3i8IpGwU— ANI (@ANI) 1 May 2022
“To the police of Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), we will show you the strength. Stop these acts by them (Muslims). Remove all loudspeakers from temples and other religious places too, but remove (from mosques) first,” the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief said at a mega rally in Aurangabad’s Marathwada Sanskrit Mandal.
“If Uttar Pradesh can do it, why can’t Maharashtra?” asked Thackeray. He also clarified that the issue has not been raised now, but has been debated in the past as well. “I was asked by a reporter why I suddenly demanded to remove the loudspeaker. I said, ‘suddenly’? No, it has been raised before.”
He further said that the issue of loudspeakers is not religious but social. “But if you make it a religious issue, we will answer it with religion,” the MNS chief said.
Thackeray had recently courted a major controversy by giving an ultimatum to the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra that his workers would play Hanuman Chalisa near mosques. azaan Unless the authorities act on loudspeakers in mosques. With the recent arrest of Amaravati MP-MLA couple, Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana, after a face-off with the Shiv Sena over the issue, the statement attracted various political reactions from all quarters.
Aurangabad Police Total 16 posts and conditions allowing the MNS chief to rally. Thackeray was asked to avoid using objectionable slogans and religious, casteist and regional references during or after the rally. The public address was of great importance as it came a day before India celebrated Eid and was the deadline (May 3) for Thackeray’s anti-loudspeaker campaign on mosques.
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