Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey unleashed a stinging attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday, stating that arrests for chanting ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ would have broken the soul of Uddhav’s late father, Bal Thackeray “I’ve recently seen arrests for reciting the Hanuman Chalisa or using the name of Lord Ram. Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena party leader, would have felt a hurt heart when he died in 2007. “People in Pune heard what Mr Kumar said.
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Navneet Rana, an MP from Amravati, and her husband, Ravi Rana, an MLA from the same city, had said earlier that they planned to read the Hanuman Chalisa in front of Uddhav Thackeray’s private home in Mumbai. On March 23, both were arrested on charges of sedition after making their public announcement that they were going to do this.
The Union Minister said there are a lot of problems caused by noise pollution. The state governments should follow the rules about loudspeakers, he said.
“Norms and rules can be used to fight it. Loudspeakers should not be used late at night or early in the morning because they can be dangerous. There is good news if any state government follows the rules, “He said.
People in Uttar Pradesh say that almost 11,000 thousand loudspeakers have been removed from religious places, and the volume of 35,221 has been lowered.
It started when the MNS leader asked the state government to remove loudspeakers from all mosques by May 3. If that deadline isn’t met, his party members will put loudspeakers in mosques to play the hymn “Hanuman Chalisa.”
