'If namaz on road wrong, ban all festivals': Owaisi points at 'double standard'

NEW DELHI: AIMIM main Asaduddin Owaisi connected Friday said that if offering namaz connected roads is considered wrong, past restrictions should use arsenic to spiritual activities of each faiths, citing Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees state of religion and the close to freely practise and profess one's faith.Addressing an Eid Milap event, Owaisi argued that nationalist objections to namaz amounted to a treble modular and questioned wherefore akin concerns were not raised implicit spiritual processions and gatherings organised by different communities."Remember Article 25. If offering prayers connected the roadworthy is wrong, past it is incorrect for each religion's festival to travel retired onto the road. If you accidental nutrient shops should beryllium closed during someone's festival, past adjacent liquor shops for the 30 days of Ramadan.

Close liquor shops for 30 days," Owaisi said.Alleging a treble standard, Owaisi said radical person nary objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches but entity to Azaan and Namaz. He besides questioned restrictions imposed during Hindu festivals connected the merchantability of eggs, nutrient and chicken, asking 'what benignant of instrumentality is this?'"Your hatred is solely for Muslims. And your hatred intelligibly shows that you privation to suppress the followers of this religion and marginalise them.

You privation to marque them second-class citizens," helium said.The AIMIM president alleged that issues relating to azaan and namaz were deliberately raised whenever large Muslim festivals specified arsenic Ramzan oregon Bakrid approached."Problems with the Azaan, problems with Namaz. After all, what has happened to you people?" helium asked.The remarks travel amid an ongoing governmental statement implicit prayers successful nationalist spaces and caller directives by authorities successful respective states aimed astatine ensuring that spiritual gatherings bash not disrupt postulation oregon nationalist movement.Recently, Uttar Pradesh main curate Yogi Adityanath said namaz should beryllium offered successful a regulated mode and, if required, could beryllium conducted successful aggregate shifts to debar inconvenience to the public. He said authorities would archetypal question compliance done persuasion earlier taking further steps to enforce nationalist bid norms.Suvendu Adhikari led West Bengal authorities decided not to let the accepted Eid congregation connected Kolkata's Red Road and shifted the gathering to Brigade Parade Grounds to forestall prayers from spilling onto nationalist roads.Continuing his criticism, Owaisi drew comparisons with spiritual yatras and processions, saying roads are often occupied during specified events without attracting akin objections.On namaz being offered connected roads, helium said that it happens lone for Friday prayers oregon Eid and not each day. "In India, festivals of each religion instrumentality spot connected the road, don't they? You don't spot those; you spell unsighted to them," helium said.(with inputs from ANI)