‘Rooftops Not Govt Property, Why Ban On Namaaz There’: Imran Masood Hits Out At Yogi Govt Over Eid Advisory – News18
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Sambhal Extra SP has said that Alvida Juma prayers on March 28 and Eid prayers on March 31 is not going to be carried out on the streets. Prayers may also not be provided on rooftops within the Kotwali Sambhal space, he stated.
Congress MP Imran Masood additionally accused authorities officers in Sambhal of being “mentally disturbed” and never respecting the sanctity of their place. (Picture: PTI)
Congress MP from Saharanpur, Imran Masood, has stated that Muslims have been made second-class residents. Chatting with CNN_News18, he argued that the Uttar Pradesh authorities has no proper to cease folks from performing namaaz on their rooftops in Sambhal on the event of Eid or Alvida Juma.
This follows an announcement from Extra SP Shirish Chandra on Wednesday. After a peace committee assembly, he said that Alvida Juma prayers on March 28 and Eid prayers on March 31 is not going to be carried out on the streets. Prayers may also not be provided on rooftops within the Kotwali Sambhal space, he stated. This determination is available in gentle of current tensions in Sambhal and communal violence. The authorities have said that namaaz ought to be carried out inside mosques or houses.
“Roads are the federal government’s property, to allow them to cease [namaaz],” stated Masood. “They’ve an issue with namaaz being carried out on the street for 5 minutes, however a street could be blocked for different functions all evening. However rooftops of homes should not your property, why a ban on namaaz there? You might have made Muslims second-class residents within the nation,” he added.
Masood additionally accused authorities officers in Sambhal of being “mentally disturbed” and never respecting the sanctity of their place.
The BJP is reaching out to Muslims on the event of Eid. They’re distributing ‘Saugat-e-Modi’ kits to 32 lakh Muslim households by way of mosques within the nation. “Is that this a saugat (present)?” requested Masood. “You might be stopping Muslims from studying the namaaz on rooftops or roads. If there needs to be a saugat, then give Muslims a saugat of safety, schooling, jobs, and provides a saugat of junking the Waqf modification invoice. Why are you making Muslims a beggar? Is a Muslim begging from you,” Masood requested
Nevertheless, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma said that the Sambhal administration order was acceptable. He believes that namaaz shouldn’t be carried out on the roads, however inside mosques or one’s residence.
