The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray has urged that it isn’t proper to interrupt a century-old custom of providing `incense` (dhoop) by Muslims on the famed Trimbakeshwar Temple, right here on Saturday. “It`s a hundred-year-old custom… It`s not right to break it, the traditions should not be stopped…” urged Thackeray – the estranged cousin of former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray. Simultaneously, he issued a veiled warning that “outsiders should not interfere in this” and “it is for the local townsfolk to take a decision in the matter”.
“Let the local villagers take the decision… Does anybody want riots over this? We must speak up when things go wrong,” he mentioned, arriving on a two-day go to to this city. Flaying the incident of May 13-14 night time when some Muslims participating within the annual `Urs` of Hazrat Pir Syed Gulab Shahwali Baba Dargah have been prevented from providing `incense` on the temple entrance, Thackeray mentioned that such an previous ritual should not be disturbed or ended and the matter should be resolved by way of discussions.
He questioned what was the issue if some individuals have been merely following the previous traditions and “whether our (Hindu) religion is so weak that someone coming there would make any difference”. Thackeray additionally pointed fingers on the social media for blowing such issues out of proportion, spreading misunderstandings and mentioned the police should be certain that there isn’t a violence over such issues.
“There are many temples and mosques or dargahs where Hindus and Muslims have been going for ages… I have visited so many mosques and many of our Muslim brothers also come to temples… People live and grow up in mixed localities, but there have been no problems…” he identified. However, he mentioned when issues are going fallacious one should converse up and cited his marketing campaign towards loudspeakers in mosques prior to now two years, or an alleged unlawful islet developing within the Arabian Sea off Mahim Dargah (Mumbai) which was demolished in March.
On Friday, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole, together with Working President M. A. Naseem Khan and others, met Additional Director-General of Police Sanjay Saxena and demanded motion towards those that bask in making “inflammatory, hate speeches” as directed by the Supreme Court. On May 17, a gathering of the villagers, together with all political events and the trustees of Trimbakeshwar Temple and the Dargah, had voted for peace within the space which was lauded by varied Opposition events. Soon after the incident of the alleged `trespass` into the temple adopted by purported clashes in Trimbakeshwar, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a SIT probe into the matter.
