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Complaint registered against Rana Ayyub for calling students protesting with saffron flags ‘Hindu Terrorists’

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Complaint registered against Rana Ayyub for calling students protesting with saffron flags ‘Hindu Terrorists’

An FIR has been registered against alleged journalist Rana Ayyub for calling students at Udupi college protesting with Saffron flags as terrorists. The move came after a clipping of Rana’s recent interview with BBC Journalist Yalda Hakim appeared on social media.

In an interview with the BBC, Rana Ayyub can be clearly seen referring to Hindu students protesting against Burqa as vigilantes and terrorists. In an aggressive tone typical to her, she was seen ranting, “…Why suddenly has this group of young Hindu vigilantes – Hindu terrorists for that matter who are hosting saffron flags in an educational complex in Karnataka?” She was seen questioning, “Why are male students unfurling a saffron flag in an educational institution, what does that mean?”

After the inciting video made rounds on social media, Ashutosh J Dubey, a practising lawyer at Bombay High Court has filed an FIR against Rana Ayyub on Wednesday afternoon. The Online complaint registered with Greater Mumbai Police at Bandra read, “The videos are willfully spelling inciting and derogatory statements against the students who all hold Saffron flags,” In the complaint, Dubey has argued that Ayyub attracts certain IPC sections for her hate speech.

The Washington Post columnist was in the news after her assets were recently attached by the ED after being accused of financial fraud worth Rs 1.77 crore in the name of Covid-19 donations. However, Rana did not eat a humble pie after being exposed but has rather carried on with her Hindupohobic rants, recently in an interview with the BBC.

TMC leader Yashwant Sinha objects to poor people in Uttar Pradesh getting rations because Fortune cooking oil is owned by Adani

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TMC leader Yashwant Sinha objects to poor people in Uttar Pradesh getting rations because Fortune cooking oil is owned by Adani

On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress leader Yashwant Sinha took to Twitter to make a bizarre claim stating that he had received information that Adani Group is directly favouring the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh elections.

The TMC leader claimed that the BJP was allowing the company to distribute free “1 kilo” of the company’s Fortune cooking oil in addition to the free food that the central govt is distributing.

The former Finance Minister Yashwant Singh went on to ask whether the ongoing elections were free and fair at all.

For an average follower, the TMC leader’s tweet looks just another routine political tweet made against the BJP government. However, this particular tweet is beyond a political tweet, as it contains layers of misinformation attached to it.

There is no proof whatsoever to suggest that Adani Group themselves have been distributing its flagship oil brand Fortune cooking oil to the people of Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections. In addition, the former Finance Minister fails to realise that all the packed oil packets of Fortune cooking oil come in the unit of litres and not in the kilogram.

Cooking oil part of National Food Security Act, govt procures it from NAFED

In reality, the Uttar Pradesh government is already providing one litre of refined oil, one kilogram of chickpeas, and a packet of salt to all the ration cardholders in the state. This is provided along with wheat and rice that is provided under the National Food Security Act.

Reportedly, the distribution of free oil was announced in December of the last year, much ahead of the polls. The oil and chickpeas are being from the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India. The chana or chickpeas has been procured from Kanpur, while the refined oil has been sourced from Bharatpur in Rajasthan. 

The government has procured from a central agency, and there is no proof that the oil has been procured from one private entity – Adani Wilmar, which produces the Fortune cooking oil. In addition, there is also no proof that Adani Group has supplied the free oil packets to the people of Uttar Pradesh.

Most importantly, the free salt, oil and chickpea packets come in a pack with the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on it. The government may have procured the Fortune oil packets due to the short supply of oil procured by NAFED.

However, one cannot say that the BJP allowed Adani to supply free oil to the public. Moreover, Fortune is a huge brand and is popular among consumers, even if some people get packets of the oil, a former finance minister claiming that packets of cooking oil from a particular brand indicate some sort of collusion between a company and a political party is not just unfortunate but is profoundly stupid.

It is like refusing to drive on a road because it was built by L and T saying the person does not like the company or saying ‘do not use mobile phones’ because Jio provides the connection.

There is no proof for the claims made by Yashwant Sinha that either Adani Group or the government is distributing Fortune cooking to the voters of Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing state assembly elections.

It seems like TMC leader Yashwant Sinha has objections about distributing free food packets to poor people. The tweet suggests that the former Finance Minister is not happy with the centre distributing food grains and rations to the poor of the country, who have struggled to find livelihood opportunities due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Condé Nast Traveller gets ‘fact-checked’ by ocean lovers, gets slammed for ‘negative’ post on whale sharks

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Condé Nast Traveller gets ‘fact-checked’ by ocean lovers, gets slammed for ‘negative’ post on whale sharks

On February 15, Conde Nast Traveller, a luxury travel magazine, published an article by Kris Fordham, a travel writer for the publication, among several others, including CNN Travel and others. In the article, Fordham discussed her experience at Reefsuites, Australia’s first underwater hotel. In a tweet thread based on the article, Conde Nast Traveller published a tweet that attracted a lot of criticism from ocean life lovers.

Controversial tweet by luxury travel magazine. Source: Twitter

In the tweet, the publication wrote, “Suddenly, the fish dart away. Out of the depths, a hideous, shark-like creature with mottled grey skin and bulging eyes emerges and begins slinking towards me. Suddenly, his jaws open, revealing rows upon rows of thin, sharp teeth.” The tweet was in direct reference to the article by Fordham. There was a photograph included in the tweet that was of a Whale Shark.

The ocean lovers noticed the tweet and lashed out at the publication for an ‘insensitive’ and ‘disgraceful’ description of an endangered ocean creature. Whale Sharks have ‘vestigial teeth’. They cannot chew or bite. They are filter feeders and live on microscopic food sources like krill, shrimp or plankton. They basically swallow anything that comes in their way, and with hardly 2.5 cm wide throat, it is next to impossible for the Whale Sharks to eat any large animal.

In fact, a Twitter user Magicalfxz, described Whale Sharks as a “teddy bear” of the sea. The user said, “First of all, that’s one of the most docile and gentle giants of the sea they eat krill and plankton, and they love divers near them. The Whale Shark is like a teddy bear of the sea you need to stop with your misinformation.”

Another user, DiamondSDgaming, urged the publication not to make the animal a villain.

A Twitter user LadySrewolf said the language of the article sends a wrong message about the sea creatures. She said, “I understand he’s trying to write a story here, but describing a whale shark as hideous and calling it a sea monster like it will come and get you is an insult. Even if you’re being sarcastic, it sends out a bad message.”

An Anthropologist, Natalia Reagan, said, “10/10 would hug (but won’t for ethical reasons, mostly having to do with the well-being of said adorable shark)”

She was replying to a user Matt Lancaster who pointed out that Whale Shark has a small throat. He said, “Ah yes, the whale shark, the gentle filter feeders that eat krill and plankton predominantly and have a throat only 2.5 cm in diameter. Such scary teeth, lol. Though I will give you that they are indeed sharks (hence the shark-like).”

The wrong choice of image by the publication

In the article, the author was not referring to a Whale Shark but to a Queensland Grouper. Though the Grouper has teeth, the gentle ‘giant’ fish is not in any way hideous. It has teeth and is huge in size, sometimes weighs over 350 KG or 800 pounds, Grouper also prefer to swallow its prey whole. They are not dangerous to humans, but it not is advisable to feed them directly by hand, and divers must be cautious around them because of their curious nature.

The publication used the wrong image and published the tweet with a photograph of a Whale Shark. Both choices of words and choice of the image stirred controversy.

Libya hosts its first-ever beauty pageant for chickens to redirect youth’s interest away from negativity and war

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Libya hosts its first-ever beauty pageant for chickens to redirect youth’s interest away from negativity and war

In the first of a kind event, Libya on Tuesday organised a beauty pageant for chickens in its capital Tripoli. The fascinating event was attended and appreciated by visitors from all over the country who were astonished to see plenty of chicken breeds from all over the world in one place.

According to the reports, the event was aimed at promoting professional chicken breeders and also to provide an opportunity for the youth to understand the craft of breeding birds. The chickens that participated in the event were judged on the basis of their colour, size, shape, and shine of feathers.

The event supervisor, Khaled Diab said that the event saw a gathering of ornamental chicken breeders. “This is a great profession that has taken youth away from negativity and wars. I hope the officials will support the youth in this field”, he was quoted adding that the birds that took part in the event were worthy of participating in international competitions as well.

Prices of the competing chickens ranged from $50 to $800. One of the chicken breeders who won the competition had participated with the Brahma Chicken breed. He said that he received the highest percentage of votes, 93.8%. Describing the Brahma Chicken breed he stated that the chicken had won because of its softness and the shine of the feathers.

Libya has been in a war-like situation since 2011 pertaining to the humanitarian crisis and political-military instability occurring in the country. The first civil war lasted for 8 months in the year 2011 and the latest one was a multi-sided civil war that lasted from 2014 to 2020.

The organizers of the chicken beauty pageant in Libya intended to redirect the youth’s attention from the negativity and the ongoing conflict in the country. According to the reports, Chicken beauty pageants are common and quite popular in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia but this was the first time when a country in Africa hosted the beauty pageant for chickens.

Muslim girls arrive at colleges in burqa and hijab in Karnataka, chant ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ in protest after denied entry in college in Tumkur

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Muslim girls arrive at colleges in burqa and hijab in Karnataka, chant ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ in protest after denied entry in college in Tumkur

On Wednesday, Muslim girl students wearing hijab and burqa protested against a college in Tumkur after they were denied entry into the campus. They yelled ‘Allah-hu-Akbar, Allah-hu-Akbar’ slogans as they walked down in protest on the streets of Tumkur, Karnataka.

According to the reports, the colleges in Tumkur reopened today and stopped the hijab and burqa-wearing Muslim girls from entering the campus in accordance with the Karnataka High Court’s interim decision. The High Court last week had declared that nobody would dress up in religious attire in the educational institutes until the matter was being heard. The women were seen wearing hijab and burqa even after the HC’s order and kept on protesting for justice.

This is a day after the Karnataka govt imposed section 144 in Tumkur district ahead of the college reopening in order to prevent violence. The prohibitory order is to apply in and around 200 meters from the college in Tumkur. Reports mention that a total of nine districts in Karnataka are currently under Section 144. Also, police personnel have been posted near several schools and colleges to maintain law and order.

Earlier the day, a number of schools and college administrations in Karnataka didn’t allow students and teachers wearing hijab to enter the school, college premises. Tensions flared up as they were asked to remove the hijab at the school, college gates before entering the campus. SJMV College for Women in Hubli even declared a holiday for today after some girls insisted on entering the college in Hijab, which the college refused citing the High Court order. The girls had agreed to remove the burqa but refused to remove the hijab.

The hijab row that erupted earlier this month took an unprecedented turn after the Muslim girls wearing hijab gained massive support from Taliban, Pakistan leaders and also Islamists and liberal heads from within the country. So much so, that last week a couple of reports highlighted that students also offered Namaz inside the school premises. In Bagalkote and Kadapa in Mangalore, Muslim girls offered Namaz in the corridor area of a govt school even after the principal clearly directed the students that they can’t offer Namaz in the classrooms or in the school premises.

Pertinently, the girls chanting ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ on the streets of Tumkur probably have drawn inspiration from Muskan Khan who had shouted ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ at a group of students inside PES College in Mandya, Karnataka on February 8. She was later rewarded with a brand new iPhone, cash and a house for defending the Islamic agenda.

The Police meanwhile and the local administrative authorities in Karnataka have suspected that the Campus Front of India (CFI) has instigated the girls to run the Muslim agenda and are investigating into the matter. Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat has also called for an NIA investigation into the hijab controversy. “The students all by themselves cannot plant themselves into such a massive operations and conjure up such support for the Hijab movement”, he said.

The girls have admitted to have been consulting CFI over the hijab row. They have been in talks with the CFI since October 2021 and the pro-hijab protests started in December 2021. Reportedly, CFI is the students with of Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), an extremist organisation banned in various states.

The High Court so far has declared that no one should be allowed to wear their religious attire inside the educational institutions until the matter is pending in the Court. However, the Supreme Court denied to interfere in the matter after the girls impatiently knocked the doors of the apex court.

UP BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi gets threat calls from Mainpuri, files complaint, cites Samajwadi party

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UP BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi gets threat calls from Mainpuri, files complaint, cites Samajwadi party

BJP Spokesperson from Uttar Pradesh Rakesh Tripathi reportedly received threat calls from a person from UP’s Mainpuri in the wee hours of today morning. The leader has lodged an FIR over the incident alleging the role of the Samajwadi Party behind the incident.

UP BJP leader and spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi received two calls – the first at 6:45 AM and then another later in the morning threatening him for life after hurling abuses. It was found that the calls came from a person located in UP’s Mainpuri, which Tripathi had visited two days earlier for campaigning. An FIR has been registered by the leader at Ashiyana station in Lucknow East.

Speaking to OpIndia, Rakesh Tripathi said, “Today morning I got a call at 6:45, wherein a person was continuously abusing me and gave me life threats. I contacted the Police to inform the same, after which I received a second similar call. In the second call, A person named Amit Yadav threatened me that I will be attacked soon,”

Alleging the role of the Samajwadi Party behind this, Rakesh Tripathi described the sequence of events after he visited Mainpuri. “Two days before, I had visited Mainpuri to participate in a debate by AajTak, which turned out to be very enthusiastic among BJP workers while Samajwadi party was dejected. Yesterday, I had also raised my voice against the attack on SP Singh Baghel’s convoy on many TV channels,” he added.

Talking about the politics behind the act, he asserted, “We are very much concerned about the repeated attacks on our party leaders, be it the attack on SP Singh Baghel in Karhal or the attack on RS MP Geeta Shakya’s car. The reason behind this might be the dwindling fate of Akhilesh Yadav as a candidate from Karhal.” He asserted, “They are trying to threaten us, attack us but we will not budge as we continue to have faith in democracy. We will keep on fighting,”

The attacks on BJP leaders in UP has seen a rise as the assembly elections in the state are on the way. On February 14, BJP MP from Rajya Sabha Geeta Shakya was attacked in Mainpuri while she was in her car. Stones and mud were hurled at her car, while her driver had been severely injured in the incident. On Tuesday evening in Mainpuri’s Karhal, Union Minister and BJP leader Satya Pal Singh Baghel was attacked and pelted with stones as well.

It is to be noted that Mainpuri has been a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party while Akhilesh Yadav has chosen Karhal as his constituency for the first time. Karhal goes to the polls on February 20 in the third phase of assembly elections this year.

USA: Catholic priest resigns after carrying out thousands of ‘invalid’ baptisms for over two decades

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USA: Catholic priest resigns after carrying out thousands of ‘invalid’ baptisms for over two decades

A Catholic priest in Arizona has resigned from his parish after the church investigation revealed that he had performed thousands of incorrect baptisms throughout most of his 20-year career.

According to the reports, Father Andres Arango had to resign from the priesthood after the baptisms he had carried out were deemed invalid due to the incorrect wording used during the religious ceremony.

The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix announced on its website that it determined after careful study that Father Andres Arango had used the wrong wording in baptisms performed up until June 17, 2021.

Father Andres Arango, who performed thousands of baptisms in the last two decades, would say, “We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” during the ceremony. Instead, the priest, who performed baptisms in English and Spanish, should have said, “I baptize,” the diocese explained.

“It is not the community that baptizes a person and incorporates them into the Church of Christ; rather, it is Christ, and Christ alone, who presides at all sacraments; therefore, it is Christ who baptizes,” the diocese said.

In its release, the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix said that if someone is baptized using the wrong words, that means that the baptism is invalid, and the person is not baptized.

Diocese spokesperson Katie Burke said that Arango is believed to have used the incorrect word since the beginning of his priesthood in 1995.

“I do not have an exact number of people affected, but I believe they number in the thousands,” the spokesperson added.

In a statement, Bishop Thomas J Olmsted, the head of the diocese, said that the error was first reported to him. It was later confirmed after an investigation by diocesan officials in consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. He noted that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith established in 2020 that baptisms conferred with the phrase “We baptize you” are invalid.

The church officials said they are working closely with Arango and his former parishes to find if anyone may have been baptized invalidly. The diocese said that while the situation may be legally sound, the words, materials and actions are crucial aspects of every sacrament, and altering them makes the baptism invalid.

“For example, if a priest uses milk instead of wine during the Consecration of the Eucharist, the sacrament is not valid,” the NPR quoted the diocese, adding, “The milk would not become the Blood of Jesus Christ.”

Meanwhile, Arango has apologized for his mistake in a statement, saying, “It saddens me to learn that I have performed invalid baptisms throughout my ministry as a priest regularly using an incorrect formula.”

Maharashtra: Maruti Bajgude of drought-prone Beed district finds a permanent solution for the water problem

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Maharashtra: Maruti Bajgude of drought-prone Beed district finds a permanent solution for the water problem

Maruti Bajgude, a farmer from Padalsingi village of the drought-hit Beed district in Maharashtra has dug one of the largest water wells in the region. He was busy making this giant water reservoir in his farmland for the last three years. It is notable that since November 2020, farmers in the northern part of the country especially Punjab were agitating against the farm laws and were blocking the roads. Bajgude, however, has set an example of solving one’s problem on his own.

Maruti Bajgude of Beed has dug 41 feet deep well in one acre of land. People in the surrounding villages are visiting the place. Photo: OpIndia

Maruti Bajgude lives in Padalsingi village of Beed district. The village is situated at a distance of 18KM from Beed on the Dhule-Solapur national highway. At around 400 meters from the highway, Maruti Bajgude owns his ancestral farmland of around 12.5 acres. As the region has always been severely hit by the usual droughts, he could seldom earn anything great through his farming profession. So, he turned into a tent decorator and started providing services for various functions and marriage programs.

Maruti Bajgude is now all set to develop his farmland for various fruit crops. Photo: OpIndia

Three years ago he conceived the idea of digging a grand well in his own farmland and to end the water problem of his agribusiness for once and all. Maruti Bajgude selected 1 acre of his land and started digging the well. He employed whatever machinery and men he could to make this 41 feet deep well. The diameter of this grand water well measures around 202 feet. The inner wall of the well is built in concrete from almost 6 feet above the bottom. The concrete wall is erected up to 4 feet above the ground level. The well has a storage capacity of around 10 crore liters of water and it is completely filled with water right now. It is also seen on google maps.

Many journalists and agro-experts are visiting the well. Maruti Bajgude narrates his story to them. Photo: OpIndia

Maruti Bajgude is now planning to grow some fruit crops like sweet lime (mosambi), watermelon, and guava on his farm. In the last two and half years to three years, he has spent more than 1.5 Cr rupees in making this well. But he has permanently solved the water problem he used to face. In a report by ABP Majha, Bajgude has said “I own farmland of 12.5 acres. Farming without water is impossible. Every two years or so, we face severe drought in the region. How to do this all without water then? That is why I thought of making a water well that is 41 feet deep and 202 feet wide.”

He further said “I did not keep the dug-out material in the farm itself. I sold it off right away. Had I kept the material in my farmland, I would take 13 to 14 acres which means more than the land I possess. I sold all the soft stone material to the IRB construction company that was building this highway at that time. The deep blasting was done to dig the hard rock. All the hard rock was sold to a stone crushing center.”

This grand well is also seen on google maps.

Beed is one of the worst drought-hit districts in Maharashtra. The rainfall pattern is uneven. Beed along with a few more nearby districts like Jalna, Parbhani, and Latur in the Marathwada region has been a victim of the El Nino effect in the years 2010 to 2017. The conditions had been so worse that special water trains had to be planned from Miraj in western Maharashtra to Latur in Marathwada. In absence of any great agricultural produce, Beed is looked at as a district that supplies labourers at cheap costs especially for cutting the sugarcane crop. Maruti Bajgude’s example is therefore important and an inspiration for others.

‘Arvind Kejriwal wanted to be either Punjab’s CM or Khalistan’s PM’: ex-AAP leader Kumar Vishwas calls out ‘separatist’ dreams of Delhi CM

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‘Arvind Kejriwal wanted to be either Punjab’s CM or Khalistan’s PM’: ex-AAP leader Kumar Vishwas calls out ‘separatist’ dreams of Delhi CM

On February 16, during an interview with news agency ANI, former Aam Aadmi Party leader and poet Dr Kumar Vishwas called out Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal for extending support to separatists. He said that at one point, Kejriwal claimed he would either become Chief Minister of Punjab or will become first Prime Minister of an independent nation (Khalistan).

Vishwas was talking about Kejriwal’s campaigns in the Punjab assembly elections. He said Kejriwal should understand Punjab is not just a state but an emotion. He said, “Amidst this, a person like him, whom I suggested not take support from the separatists and fringe elements who were linked to the Khalistani movement in the last elections, and he told me not to worry. When I asked him how he would become CM, he told me the formula as well. He is on the same path. Even if he is not on the same path, he will use a puppet to control the government.”

Speaking about the deep-rooted separatism in Kejriwal’s mind, he added, “He even made dangerous statements in front of me that everyone knows in Punjab. One day when I asked him about referendum 2020 that was being funded by ISI and other elements across the world, he told me not to worry and said, “Either I will become Chief Minister of the state or I will become first Prime Minister of an independent nation (Khalistan).”

Gul Panag had made similar allegations

In 2018, similar allegations were made by actress Gul Panag 2018. Referring to Khalistani supporters in Punjab as K Gang, she had said, “Poorly calculated flirtation that was. One I warned against. Repeatedly. It’s because they didn’t ‘get’ or ‘understand’ Punjab. I thought the K gang had electoral weightage. All of us from Punjab knew better. But alas!”

Gul panag’s 2018 Tweet. Source: Twitter

Notably, during the 2017 assembly elections, banned Sikh body International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) Gurdial Singh had batted for Kejriwal and campaigned for AAP. In 2018, it was revealed by Republic TV that Khalistani groups had funded AAP in the Punjab elections.

Gujarat HC issues notice to state govt after PIL calls for ban on loudspeakers in mosques

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Gujarat HC issues notice to state govt after PIL calls for ban on loudspeakers in mosques

In response to a PIL seeking a statewide ban on the use of loudspeakers in mosques, the Gujarat High Court has written to the state government to reflect upon the same. A PIL was filed by one Dharmendra Vishnubhai Prajapati, a doctor from Gandhinagar in June 2020, alleging that people living nearby mosques are subjected to great inconvenience during the azan calls on loudspeakers.

The two-member bench comprising of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri passed the order on the plea moved by the doctor by issuing a notice to the state government returnable on March 10. It is learnt that Dr Prajapati had already written to the state authorities but did not get any response from them. He then moved to the court after the Allahabad High Court ruling on loudspeakers on azan in May 2020.

The Allahabad High Court in May 2020 held that while azan is certainly an essential Islamic practice, the use of microphones and loud-speakers during the same is not. In his PIL, Prajapati highlighted the arguments on limitations under article 25 which talks about freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion. He said, “the right contained under Article 25 of the Constitution of India is subject to public order, morality, health and Part-III of the Constitution of India, which has been violated because of the use of the loudspeakers.”

To support his argument, he also cited the use of loudspeakers as a violation of rules under noise pollution. Prajapati said that as per Rule 5 of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, a loudspeaker or a public address system shall not be used except after obtaining written permission from the competent authority. However, he added, “In the facts of the case, admittedly, there is no valid written permission obtained by the persons of the Muslim community while using loudspeakers while offering prayers. Hence, some restrictions are required to be imposed upon them,”

He also mentioned that the use of loudspeakers is also a violation of Covid-19 protocols since many of the namaz offerees are not turning up to the mosques. When asked about the personal disturbances when has to face as a doctor, Prajapati replied, “the sound of the loudspeaker is very hectic and intolerable for the public at large, which causes many severe mental illnesses, physical problems to old aged persons, small children and it also affects the work efficiency for the public at large; in short, is not good for health.”

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