Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday convened an important meeting with senior party leaders at his residence to discuss further course of action if Hanuman Chalisa is chanted on loudspeakers outside mosques. Meanwhile, Aurangabad Police today booked him under sections 153 (abetment to cause riot), 116 (abetment to offense punishable with imprisonment-if not committed) and 117 (abetment to commit an offence). Registered a case under public or by more than 10 persons) of the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Police Act.
A City Chowk police official said that a case has also been registered against the organizers of Thackeray’s rally. At a rally in Aurangabad on May 1, Thackeray asked people to play Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques from May 4 if loudspeakers were not removed there.
Sensing this, the MNS supremo has already prepared a battery of 2,000 lawyers in case his workers are prosecuted. So far, 75,000 MNS party workers have been served police notices under Section 149 across Maharashtra.
Navnirman Sena workers have sent letters to various police stations across the state seeking permission to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers outside mosques from Wednesday (May 4).
Meanwhile, a meeting of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil is going on regarding the law and order situation.
Maharashtra DGP Rajnish Seth, on the other hand, expressed confidence in dealing with “any situation” and warned against strict action against miscreants. “We are capable of handling any situation and we are fully prepared. We have instructed all our police to deal strictly with the miscreants. No one should try to take the law into their own hands.”
On Raj Thackeray’s Aurangabad speech, he said, “The Commissioner of Police (Aurangabad) is looking into it. 87 companies of SRPF and more than 30,000 home guards have been deployed. Action can be taken only till today.”
Meanwhile, the Magistrate Court in Sangli had issued a non-bailable warrant against Raj Thackeray on 6 April in connection with a case in 2008. He has been charged under Sections 143, 109, 117 of IPC, IPC and 135 of Bombay in the Criminal Amendment. Police Act.
Raj Thackeray said on Monday that Muslims will not be disturbed by celebrating Eid on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow is Eid, and Muslims should celebrate this festival with joy. As per the pre-scheduled schedules of Akshaya Tritiya, don’t perform aarti tomorrow,” Raj said in an open appeal to all his party workers.
He also made it clear that the MNS will not create tension while celebrating the festival as the issue of loudspeakers is not a religious one but a social cause, as he had mentioned in his massive rally in Aurangabad on Sunday night.
On the loudspeaker controversy, Raj Thackeray said he would announce his action plan via social media on Tuesday, while Aurangabad police scanned his speech to detect any legal violations.
The development comes a day after he opened fire on the use of loudspeakers in mosques during a rally in Aurangabad, earning most of the state’s political parties, especially the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition.
At the rally, he reiterated his ultimatum (May 4) to shut down loudspeakers from all religious places, especially mosques, by Wednesday, failing which his party workers would chant ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at double decibel level in the state.
The MNS chief faced heavy criticism from top leaders of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Sambhaji Brigade (S), Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan (SSS), Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VA) and other top leaders. Statements full of hidden dangers.
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