Maharashtra BJP leader offers free loudspeakers to play Hanuman Chalisa
Navnirman Sena (MNS) intensify a call to ban loudspeakers playing the Azaan from mosques.
Mumbai: BJP and its pro-Hindu organizations campaign against the Azaam seems not be die down, a BJP leader in Maharashtra has offered free loudspeakers to play the Hanuman Chalisa in public places.
"Anyone who needs a loudspeaker to install it in a temple can ask us for free! All Hindus should have one voice! Jai Shri Ram! Har Har Mahadev!" Mohit Kamboj, a businessman and BJP leader, tweeted.
After Raj Thackeray headed Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) demanding to ban loudspeakers playing the Azaam from Mosques, the BJP leader has offered Hindu devotees and temple authorities for free loudspeakers to play Hanuman Chalisa.
Navnirman Sena (MNS) intensify a call to ban loudspeakers playing the Azaan from mosques.
MNS leaders in several parts of Maharashtra have taken to playing the Hanuman Chalisa from loudspeakers after a call-to-arms by Raj Thackeray at a rally in Mumbai over the weekend on the occasion of the Marathi New Year festival Gudi Padwa.
Just ahead of elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC - the controversy could help the MNS and the BJP corner the Shiv Sena which rules Maharashtra in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress.