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Bengal MPs seek Shah’s intervention over mosque loudspeakers
Three rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, Yusuf Pathan, Abu Taher Khan and Khallilur Rehman, submitted a memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, seeking an “urgent intervention” to stop local police…
The Story in Brief
Three rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, Yusuf Pathan, Abu Taher Khan and Khallilur Rehman, submitted a memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, seeking an “urgent intervention” to stop local police from removing loudspeakers from mosques in Murshidabad. They said noise rules must be enforced fairly and without hurting religious sentiments.
Several mosque committees across West Bengal have claimed that police issued verbal instructions to remove loudspeakers, though India Today reports there is no written state order. The state government has directed enforcement of court-mandated limits of 55 decibels during the day and 45 at night. The Times of India reported that more than 1,200 mosques and about 200 temples were ordered to remove loudspeakers for violations. Police have maintained that the rules apply uniformly to all religious structures.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest narratives are that this is either an assault on one community or a routine, entirely neutral enforcement drive. Neither claim is established by the available facts. Verbal police instructions, without a published order or hearing process, invite suspicion, while noise limits apply to every religious structure. The state should publish notices, readings and an appeal procedure. The number of documented violations by each type of institution will test whether enforcement is genuinely even-handed.
Sources (2): indiatoday.in, hindustantimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
