Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi.
Highlight
- SP leader Abu Azmi has said that he will send cold syrup to those who read Hanuman Chalisa
- Azmi put up poster amid controversy over Azaan playing on loudspeakers
- Azmi’s statement comes after MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s remarks on loudspeakers in mosques
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and MLA Abu Azmi countered the ‘Azaan’ (Muslim call for prayer) from the mosque’s loudspeakers with Hanuman Chalisa amid a controversial statement by MNS chief Raj Thackeray that he would drink cold drinks. (thandi sherbat) will be sent. Those who will recite Hanuman Chalisa.
Politics is heating up over loudspeakers playing Azaan from the mosques of Maharashtra.
On the one hand, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has talked about installing loudspeakers and playing Hanuman Chalisa in double voice for not stopping Ajan from mosques, while BJP’s Mohit Kamboj has announced to give free loudspeakers for playing Hanuman Chalisa.
Meanwhile, now Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has put up a poster in front of a juice shop in Colaba, Mumbai.
The poster put up by Abu Azmi has pictures of Hindu saints and mahants. It states that they will send cold drinks (thandi sherbat), water to Hindu brothers and sisters chanting Hanuman Chalisa at their place of worship. The party has also shared an email ID for the contact.
Now, these people will raise all issues like Hindu-Muslim, India-Pakistan, Halal meat, Burqa etc, Azmi said while targeting those who create Azaan controversy.
Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had stopped his speech in Shirur area of Pune when Muslim prayers were being held nearby.
A video of the incident went viral on the social media platform. His cabinet colleague Ajit Pawar did something similar while speaking in Pune sometime back.
Speaking at another event in the district, Walse Patil said that there are many real issues like rise in petrol prices, inflation, unemployment and poor economic condition of the country, but attempts are being made to create tension among the communities.
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