Hyderabad: Sticking to this words and defying police orders against using DJ systems, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh on Sunday, April 6, used high volume sound systems during the annual Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad. His words during the rally also as usual egged on hate speech, with him saying “Tel lagaya Dabur ka, naam mitaya Babur ka,” in reference to the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
‘Ek Dhakka lagat tha. Tel lagaya Dabur ka, naam mitaya Babur Ka. Ek dhakka laga tha na, toh abhi dusra dhakka lagane ke liye tayyar hona hai. Toh agar yahan dhakke lagenge toh wahan kya dhakka lagenga,” said Raja Singh during the Ram Navami procession that started from near Begum Bazar on Sunday in the Old City of Hyderabad.
Raja Singh a day earlier personally inspected the DJ system at Dhoolpet and made some suggestions regarding lighting arrangements. His Followers Singh said that it is one of the latest sound systems capable of generating high-decibel sounds. The BJP MLA had already declared that the Ram Navami procession “would not be disrupted” by any orders or notifications from the authorities.
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The Hyderabad police this year asked organisers of the Sree Rama Navami Shobha Yatra processions to follow to the ‘ban on playing DJ systems’. Last September, police commissioner CV Anand issued orders prohibiting Disc Jockey (DJ) sound systems during religious processions in the city. According to a press release from the police the use of DJ sound systems, DJ sound mixers, sound amplifiers and other high sound generating equipment, appliances capable of producing such sound are prohibited during religious processions.
However, the Hyderabad police has allowed the use of sound systems with certain restrictions in the sound decibel limits. In videos from the Ram Navami rally headed by Raja Singh, it is evident that high sound generating equipment was used.
The Afzalgunj police last year booked Raja Singh for carrying out an unauthorised rally during the Sri Ram Navami procession on April 17 without permission. The legislator, who sang Islamophobic songs as always, was booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for violating orders as he did not have permission.
