The loudspeaker controversy escalated on Wednesday when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers played Hanuman Chalisa at a distance from a mosque in Navi Mumbai. They also raised slogans like “Jai Shri Ram” and “Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Cha…Jai So”.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday asked his supporters to play Hanuman Chalisa, where azaan goes out from loudspeakers on Wednesday. He had earlier set a deadline for removing loudspeakers from mosques on Wednesday.
On May 1, while addressing a massive rally in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, Raj Thackeray said that if loudspeakers are not removed from mosques by Wednesday, he will ensure that Hanuman Chalisa is played outside establishments with ‘dual power’ . An FIR was lodged against him on Tuesday for his “inflammatory speech”.