Alleging that azaan, the call to prayer in mosques, causes ‘noise pollution’, members of the BJP urged the government of Karnataka to take action as per the Supreme Court’s direction, during Question Hour in the Legislative Council in Belagavi on December 16.
BJP member D.S. Arun, who raised the question, stated that he and his family members had been disturbed by the regular azaan from a mosque close to his place in Shivamogga. “The volume of loudspeakers in mosques has gone up in recent days. The Congress government has no guts to take action against people using loudspeakers at mosques,” he remarked, triggering a heated debate.
C.T. Ravi, Bharathi Shetty, N. Ravi Kumar, and Keshava Prasad of the BJP demanded that the government implement the rule strictly to avoid noise pollution. They alleged that the government, which banned the use of DJ music during the Ganesha festival, had allowed loudspeakers in mosques, which operate throughout the year.
The members in the treasury benches accused the BJP members of politicising the issue.
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