“My personal opinion is that we should take the opinion of all political parties and religious organizations on this issue and then take a decision. We are waiting for the recommendations of the DGP on this issue, after which we will meet the Chief Minister who will take the final call on the issue. Taking decisions,” Walse Patil said in Nagpur.
On this issue, DGP Rajneesh Seth held a meeting with senior police officers on Tuesday. An official present at the meeting said a step was taken to control the decibel level of loudspeakers used for religious or other purposes. Permission to use loudspeakers at religious places may also have to be applied again. The decision to allow the use of loudspeakers will be taken by the Commissioner/Superintendent of Police. However, what the DGP’s report says on the Supreme Court’s order banning the use of loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am is not known. Azan takes place before 6 in the morning. Seth is expected to give his report on the issue in a couple of days.
Trouble began when the BJP and MNS demanded a ban on loudspeakers in mosques and the MNS threatened to contest Hanuman Chalisa from May 3 if the state government did not succumb to its threat.
Walse Patil said, “Once the DGP gives us the report, we will take a decision.” Police have been alerted to prevent communal incidents in the state, he said and indicated that the BJP was trying to create trouble. “An attempt is being made to incite anger to divert public attention from issues like inflation, unemployment and border security,” Walse Patil said.
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