The order came on a petition filed by one Irfan of Badaun district. Petitioner Irfan moved the high court after a subdivisional magistrate had in December last year rejected his application seeking permission for playing loudspeaker/mike in a village mosque at the time of azaan.
The development came after MNS chief Raj Thackeray last week reiterated his demand that loudspeakers on mosques be removed by May 3 or else MNS will play 'Hanuman Chalisa' eulogising Lord Hanuman on loudspeakers outside mosques.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi said that as elections are approaching, Raj Thackeray and BJP are doing politics of hatred, but said that they will answer them with the politics of love.
Circle Officer Kalvari Alok Singh said they received information from the pradhan that there had been a fight between people of two communities in the village.
The Inspector-General of Police, Prayagraj, has asked the district magistrate to ensure a ban on the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Shiv Sena leader Pandurang Sakpal had suggested that said said that he found the Azaan soothing, evoking a sharp response from the BJP which accused the party of abandoning the issue of Hindutva and indulging in appeasement politics. The video of Sakpal was shared by BJP legislator Atul Bhatkhalkar on the social media.
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The NGT passed the order while disposed of a plea by NGO Akhand Bharat Morcha which alleged that illegal use of loudspeakers at such places adversely affected the health of the residents living in their vicinity.
Ayesha Takia has remained mum on the matter till now
Actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi re-ignited the azaan debate by calling the use of loudspeakers as "lowlife and dumb."
Following his tweets over 'azaan', the singer shaved off his head dramatically in Mumbai after a Kolkata moulvi issued a fatwa offering to pay Rs 10 lakhs to anybody who could shave his head and garland him with shoes for insulting Islam.
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