‘Soul of Thackeray Saheb Would Have Been Hurt’, says Ashwini Kumar on Hanuman Chalisa Row
GG News Bureau
Pune, 30th April. Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday hit out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray by saying that the soul of Bal Thackeray (Uddhav Thackeray ‘s late father) would have been hurt over detentions for reciting ‘Hanuman Chalisa’.
“Of late, I have seen here that arrests were made for reciting the Hanuman Chalisa or taking the name of Lord Ram. The soul of Thackeray saheb (late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray) would have been hurt,” the Union minister told reporters in Pune.
Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana had earlier declared their plan to chant Hanuman Chalisa in front of Uddhav Thackeray’s residence `Matoshree’ in Mumbai. After their announcement both were detained over the charges of sedition on March 23.
Union Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey further asked the state governments to follow rules regarding loudspeakers adding that “people are facing several problems due to noise pollution.”
“Norms and rules are available to combat it. Loudspeakers should not be used late at night or early in the morning. If any state government is following the norms, then it is good,” Kumar said.
Ashwini Kumar was making a reference to the Uttar Pradesh government’s data which asserts that nearly 11,000 thousand loudspeakers have been removed from religious places and the volume of 35,221 has been dropped.
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