Azaan: Sadhvi too for ban on loudspeakers

LAKHIMPUR KHERI : Supporting playback singer Sonu Nigam over his controversial tweets, saffron leader Sadhvi Prachi also advocated a ban on the use of loudspeakers during ‘azaan’.

“What Sonu Nigam observed (in his tweet) is absolutely correct,” she said, adding “Khuda (God) can hear even without loudspeakers.” “Had it been otherwise, let them explain how they communicated when there were no loudspeakers,” she asked.

Sonu Nigam attracted controversy when he complained against the use of loudspeakers for religious purposes on April 17. “No one is opposed to prayers within the Masjids (mosques) but use of loudspeakers causes inconveniences to people and so their use should be stopped,” the saffron leader demanded.

She expressed these views while talking to reporters on Tuesday. She was in the district to attend a religious programme in a village. Attacking SP leader Azam Khan, she dared him to shun his security cover. Citing her own example, the VHP leader said she herself received many threats every month, yet she never asked for any security cover.

“Even the Samajwadi Party people issued threats to me yet I preferred to move without any security cover,” she said and added, “no VIP security status is needed to serve the country.”

“His own misdemeanours are causing fear to him,” she alleged.