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MNS chief Raj Thackeray booked for hate speech
Updated On: 04 May, 2022 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
In a series of public rallies in Mumbai and Thane, Thackeray has threatened to disrupt daily prayers at mosques
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray during his rally in Aurangabad, on May 1. Pic/PTI
The Aurangabad police on Tuesday booked Raj Thackeray for promoting enmity between communities through his May 1 speech. Hours later, the MNS president came out with an appeal to Hindus across the country to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers where the Muslims give azan on loudspeakers, on Wednesday. His party called the police action vendetta by the MVA government. I request all Hindu brothers to play Hanuman Chalisa where azan is given on loudspeakers. Make them understand what trouble the loudspeakers cause,” he said in an appeal in Hindi.
He tweeted the appeal late Tuesday evening. “The question is of illegal loudspeakers. Most mosques are illegal. How can government allow this? And if it allows it, why can’t Hindu temples get the same permission? In reality this isn’t a religious issue but a social one. People of all religions get affected by the sound pollution caused by loudspeakers. All governments in the country should understand this. Which religion tells us to block the roads for prayer?” he said, urging Muslims against giving his agitation a religious colour. “If it is made a religious issue, then we will also respond it in a religious way,” he wrote.
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