For Yogi Adityanath, praise has come from unlikely quarters. On Thursday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray congratulated Uttar Pradesh and its chief minister for removing loudspeakers from religious places as he took a dig at the Maharashtra government for failing to follow suit.
Taking to Twitter, Thackeray said: “I wholeheartedly congratulate and stand grateful to the Yogi government for having removed the loudspeakers from religious places, especially Masjids. Unfortunately, in Maharashtra we don’t have any ‘yogis’; what we have are ‘bhogis’ (hedonists). Here’s hoping and praying good sense prevails.”
The support came a day after acting on the orders of Yogi Adityanath, UP police removed 6,031 unauthorised loudspeakers from religious places and the sound levels have been lowered at 29,674 spots in Uttar Pradesh. By April 30, the UP government has sought reports on places where loudspeakers cross the volume levels.
Raj Thackeray has been at the forefront of the latest political controversy in Maharashtra surrounding loudspeakers after the MNS chief gave an ultimatum till May 3 to the Uddhav Thackeray government to remove the sound devices from mosques.
