During the earlier hearing of this petition, the Court was told that the authorities had illegally given "permanent licence" to some establishments and religious places to use loudspeakers.
The right wing organisations have been claiming that the Jamia mosque was an Anjaneya Temple, which Tipu Sultan had destroyed to build a mosque in its place.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said, "we shouldn't bring out a new matter daily. Why should we escalate dispute? We have devotion towards Gyanvapi and we are doing something as per that, it is alright. But why look for a Shivling in every masjid?"
The opposition parties, particularly those in Uttar Pradesh, are unable to take a stand on the issue. If they back the Hindu petitioners, they will lose out on Muslim support, and if they side with the Muslims, they will be dubbed as 'anti-Hindu'.
Owaisi said PM Modi should break silence & talk about Supreme Court's 1991 order.
District court has ordered that locks should be broken if the keys are not available to access certain areas of the complex for the survey.
There has been a protest over the survey of several deities, including Shringar Gauri, located in Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath temple premises and the Gyanvapi Masjid complex.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray in a two-page letter said, "I appeal to all Hindus that tomorrow, the 4th of May, if you hear the loudspeakers blaring the azan; in those very places, play the Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers! That's when they will realise, the hindrance of these loudspeakers."
Addressing a mega public rally in Aurangabad, Raj Thackeray said that he won’t be responsible for what all happens after the May 3 deadline to remove the loudspeakers from the mosques.
They also appealed to youth from the community not to play loud DJ music during the Eid al-Fitr celebration on May 2.
After the video came to police knowledge, Sohail was arrested and a case under section 153A has been registered against him.
Meanwhile, Dakshina Kannada Commissionerate has ordered to maintain the status quo of structure till further orders.
Mosques must take permission for loudspeakers, urges Muslim body Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind in Maharashtra
Srinagar police informed all citizens that attempts to disrupt peace will be viewed very seriously and the strictest action under provisions of the law will be taken against all those who get involved in such illegal activities.
In Bengaluru alone, about 250 mosques have received such notices and the mosque authorities have started installing devices that keeps the sound within the permissible level, sources said.
These outfits started protesting against speakers outside mosques, ever since Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray demanded that loudspeakers of mosques be shut down.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi said that as elections are approaching, Raj Thackeray and BJP are doing politics of hatred, but said that they will answer them with the politics of love.
MNS leader Raj Thackeray had recently warned against the use of loudspeakers in Mosques that unless some action is taken, Hanuman Chalisa would be played aloud. A MNS leader was arrested in Mumbai for the same.
MNS leader Raj Thackeray in his recent speech issued warning against use of loudspeakers in mosques. He said that if no action is taking, he will counter it by playing 'Hanuman Chalisa' in front of mosques.
Four years ago there was a similar situation and then also the clerics had shifted the timings of the Friday prayers.
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