BJP MP urges Aligarh admin to implement HC order on ban on loudspeakers for 'azaan'

AGRA: Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam on Monday urged the district administration to ban ‘azaan’ on loudspeakers across the city, as per the directions of Allahabad high court.
Talking to media, Gautam said that the court has permitted Azaan from mosques but without loudspeakers. He said he had met the authorities for implementation for the same, as many mosques in the city were violating the orders and using loudspeakers early in the morning for azaan.
Supporting the statement of Gautam, BJP MLA Sanjeev Raja, said that Allahabad high court order should be implemented in letter and spirit.
Agitated with the BJP leaders’ statement, former MLA from Samajwadi party, Zamirullah Khan, said that these leaders were raising this issue to target Muslims. “Instead of fighting Coronavirus during this period, they are concerned about announcements of “azaan” on loudspeakers”, he said .
He even went on to claim that BJP leaders were spreading Coronavirus across the city and their samples should also be taken for tests. He said, “All of them including MP and MLAs had attended the religious rituals after demise of a real estate developer’s mother. Later, the businessman also succumbed to Coronavirus and several of his family members were also infected with the disease. But they were not quarantined.”
The Allahabad High Court on Friday, 15 May, had allowed 'azaan' from mosques but said that the use of loudspeakers could not be permitted. The court said that 'azaan' was a part of Islam but using loudspeakers were not a part of the religion.
When contacted, district magistrate CB Singh, said that Supreme Court guidelines in this matter said the sound system could be seized and confiscated only if they were found to be creating noise beyond the permissible limits. “If we receive further order from the state government in this regard, we will implement it,” he said.