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Murshidabad MPs urge Bengal CM to stop mosque loudspeaker removal
Two MPs from Murshidabad, Abu Taher Khan and Khalilur Rehman, met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday and asked the government to stop removing loudspeakers from mosques. They also sought…
The Story in Brief
Two MPs from Murshidabad, Abu Taher Khan and Khalilur Rehman, met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday and asked the government to stop removing loudspeakers from mosques. They also sought faster decisions from SIR tribunals, saying delays were hurting genuine voters whose names were deleted from electoral rolls.
Khan alleged Muslims were being targeted and the police were 'overenthusiastic' in enforcing loudspeaker removal. He said the court's directions must be followed, but removing loudspeakers from mosques was not right. The MPs also requested that pending tribunal hearings be completed by December 31 to ease difficulties in passport verification, land registration and welfare access.
The Indian Opinion
The cry of 'Muslims being targeted' is predictable whenever a routine regulation is enforced uniformly. Courts have repeatedly ruled on loudspeaker noise limits in public spaces. If the MPs want special treatment for mosques, they must explain why. A more honest test: will these same MPs demand equal silence norms for political rallies in Murshidabad? The tribunal backlog, meanwhile, hurts all voters regardless of faith. The government should simply publish how many cases were cleared before and after December 31.
Source: indiatoday.in
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