MNS starts ‘anti-loudspeaker’ campaign
As the deadline given by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray ends today, the MNS workers launched their campaign to play ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outside certain mosques in Mumbai and other parts of the state where ‘azan’ was relayed on loudspeakers, here on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government ministers and officials reviewed the current situation and chalked out the future plans as the MNS remained adamant about its agitation despite all preventive measures.
Police have deployed tight security in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra, aided by over 30,000 Home Guards, QRT, and other units, and there have been no reports of any untoward incidents so far.
Mumbai Police Commissioner personally went around some sensitive spots in Dharavi and south Mumbai to oversee the security arrangements and deter MNS workers from creating any law and order issues.
The MNS leaders referred to the Supreme Court guidelines prohibiting the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m – 6 a.m and said that their campaign will continue as announced before.
Party Spokesperson Sandip Deshpande said that the activists are ready to face action — “Let the police do their job, we will do our jobs” — as police continued to round up MNS workers from Mumbai and other areas in the state.
Late on Tuesday night, MNS President Raj Thackeray had issued an appeal to all Hindus to blare out ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outside any mosque using loudspeakers and not disturb those masjids which have already stopped using the public address systems.
The face-off between Raj Thackeray’s party and the MVA-led state government comes ahead of the civic elections in Maharashtra, in which the BJP is attempting to get the control of the Mumbai civic body.
Earlier, the Aurangabad Police registered a case against the MNS chief for allegedly delivering a provocative speech two days ago. Mumbai Police has issued a notice to the MNS chief under Section 149 of CrPC, invoked to prevent a cognizable offense.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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