Strict action if loudspeakers found violating norms: CM Adityanath warns UP officials
India | May 19, 2022, 06:34 AM IST"The noise of loudspeakers should be within the premises where they are installed," Yogi Adityanath said.
"The noise of loudspeakers should be within the premises where they are installed," Yogi Adityanath said.
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.
Lalu Prasad Yadav said that those demanding a ban on loudspeakers on mosques wanted to divide the country.
MP Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana, who is an independent MLA, were arrested on April 23 from their Mumbai residence after declaring that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's home in Bandra.
The loudspeakers row started when Raj Thackeray on April 12 gave an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3, failing which, he warned, MNS workers will play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers.
A case was filed against Raj Thackeray on Tuesday when he appealed to people to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers in the areas where loudspeakers are used for 'Aazan' from today.
Maharashtra police chief Rajnish Seth said the Aurangabad police commissioner will take appropriate legal action against Raj Thackeray over his speech against loudspeakers atop mosques.
The Ayodhya district administration officials later held meetings with religious leaders and assured them that those behind the incident will be punished.
After the video came to police knowledge, Sohail was arrested and a case under section 153A has been registered against him.
"If Centre makes a national-level rule over loudspeakers, issues won't come up in states. It was decided that an all-party delegation will meet Centre & discuss this," Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil said.
Regarding the mics being used at religious places, Yogi Adityanath said that although mics can be used, make sure the sound does not come out of the premises.
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.
The Delhi government on Tuesday allowed the organisers of Ramlila, Durga Puja, Dusshera and other religious functions to use loudspeakers and public address system between 10 p.m. and 12 at midnight till October 9.
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