Mumbai: Mumbai police on Sunday detained a taxi driver and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Leader Yashwant Killedar for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside Shiv Sena Headquarters in Mumbai. Raj Thackeray’s Party had announced that Hanuman Chalisa, a devotional song, to be played outside Shiv Sena Bhawan in Mumbai. This comes as a protest against Azaan, Islamic prayer, at the prescribed times.
Mumbai Police reached the spot and stopped the Hanuman Chalisa being played on the loudspeaker, installed on a taxi. MNS leader Yashwant Killedar and the taxi driver were detained.
The heat over the Azaan row in Karnataka reached Maharashtra after the MNS chief demanded removal of loudspeakers from mosques from the state government and warned of “putting loudspeakers in front of the mosques and play Hanuman Chalisa”.
“I am not against prayers, you can pray at your home, but the government should take a decision on removing mosque loudspeakers. I am warning now… Remove loudspeakers or else will put loudspeakers in front of the mosque and play Hanuman Chalisa,” said Raj Thackeray while urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raid mosques in Mumbai’s Muslim-dominated areas.
Thackeray claimed that Pakistan supporters are residing in the shanties and madrassas in such areas, alleging that MLAs use people who don’t even have Aadhar Card for their vote bank.
“I appeal to PM Modi to raid the Madarasas at the Muslim shanties. Pakistani supporters are residing in these shanties. Mumbai Police knows what’s happening there…Our MLAs using them for vote-bank, such people don’t even have Aadhar Card, but the MLAs get them made,” he had said.
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