Mumbai: In a significant political development in Maharashtra, MNS President Raj Thackeray praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for removing loudspeakers used illegally in places of worship and restrict the volume.
According to the media report, In the last few days, the UP government has managed to remove over 11,000 loudspeakers in religious places while the volume of another 35,000 loudspeakers has been lowered to the permissible levels. One of the first to bring down its loudspeaker was Mathura’s Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi which decided not to broadcast its Mangalacharan Aarti through loudspeakers at Bhagwat Bhavan on the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi premises.
Raj Thackeray tweeted, “I wholeheartedly congratulate and stand grateful to the Yogi government – for having removed the loudspeakers from religious places, especially the masjids.”
On the soft corner of Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray towards a certain community, Raj Thackeray said, “Unfortunately in Maharashtra, we do not have any ‘yogis’ but ‘bhogis’ (hedonists). Here’s hoping and praying good sense prevails,”
Raj has given an ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May Three (After Ramzan Eid) or else his party workers would play ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ five times a day. Raj had also announced that on June 5, he would visit Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram.
(Vinayak)