Why this division, asks Ajit Pawar on Raj Thackeray’s warning in opposition to loudspeakers at mosques

By PTI

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has attacked MNS president Raj Thackeray over the latter’s demand for the removing of loudspeakers from mosques, saying the state can not afford the alleged divisive name given “to please someone eyeing polls”.

Without naming Thackeray, Pawar requested what the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief was going to realize by making such statements and whether or not “provoking” individuals will remedy the problem of their livelihood.

“The Maharashtra of Shahu, Phule, Ambedkar cannot afford the speeches made to please someone keeping eye on elections,” Pawar stated at an occasion in Shirdi in Ahmednagar district on Wednesday.

He stated that Maharashtra has ensured communal concord for years, however “leaders of some parties” have of late been speaking about putting in loudspeakers “here and there”.

“Some people are trying to create confusion in the society. We have been living in harmony for years now. We have been able to keep communal harmony intact in society by not allowing any rift in communities and religions. But leaders of some parties are making a pitch for installing counter- loudspeakers (to play Hanuman chalisa),” the senior NCP chief stated.

Taunting Thackeray, Pawar stated it’s straightforward to ship speeches, and added that MNS functionaries themselves have questioned the celebration chief’s comment as they must face the individuals and get elected once more.

“Why this division? What are we going to achieve out of this?” he requested.

Pawar additional stated time has come to introspect the place such statements would lead Maharashtra and the nation to.

“Aren’t there other issues? Will the issue of people’s bread and butter be solved by provoking them? Will the youths, who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, get their jobs back?” he requested.

The MNS president had final Saturday made a powerful pitch for eradicating high-decibel loudspeakers from mosques.

Addressing a rally at Shivaji Park, Thackeray had additionally stated if such a step was not taken, loudspeakers can be put in exterior mosques to play ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at larger quantity.

The BJP had endorsed Thackeray’s demand.

Vasant More, a former MNS corporator in Pune, who’s the celebration’s metropolis unit president, had stated it’s tough to behave on Thackeray’s directive about loudspeakers.

“As a city unit president, I certainly have to accept the stand of party chief Rajsaheb Thackeray, but I think as a people’s representative (corporator ), the issue (to implement Thackeray’s diktat ) can be inconvenient for me in my ward. A people’s representative has to take an inclusive approach,” More had stated.