Bengaluru, April 4 : Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa on Monday made a personal appeal to Muslim leaders to play loudspeakers within the mosques to avoid disturbing people living nearby, if not there will be conflict between comm ties. “I am not against prayers per se. But because of your playing loudspeakers, if prayers are offered on loudspeakers from temples and churches in a similar way, it will lead to conflict between the comm ties, he said. “To avoid such a situation, the Muslim leaders and Mullahs should think about it and play loudspeakers within the mosques and avoid disturbing people living in the vicinity. This is my personal appeal,” Eshwarappa told reporters here. Eshwarappa said the loudspeakers issue raised by MNS Chief Raj Thackeray and Sri Ram Sene President Pramod Muthalik, should be solved by taking into confidence Muslim comm ty. “For a long time, there have been complaints against loudspeakers playing from mosques, which not only disturbs students and patients, but also children and patients of Muslims, during morning and evening hours,” he said. Raj Thackeray on Saturday had demanded the taking down of loudspeakers from mosques. “If this is not stopped, there will be speakers outside mosques playing Hanuman Chalisa at higher volume,” he had said in Mumbai. Earlier, Sri Ram Sene President Pramod Muthalik threatened BJP government in Karnataka to take down loudspeakers from mosques, if not Hanuman Chalisa will be played on loudspeakers from temples and mutts. He clarified that his organisation is not against prayers, but loudspeakers blaring from mosques in the wee hours. Despite the court order against the playing of loudspeakers from mosques, the respective governments have not implemented it, he rued. “The Supreme Court had ordered against playing loudspeakers from mosques 20 years back. It had clearly stated that the loudspeakers should not be played between 10 pm to 6 am. And if anybody wants to use it, police permission should be taken. It also fixed the decibel sound of the loudspeakers. The Court ordered that no loudspeakers should be played in silent zones. But these orders are being violated,” he said. Also, the campaign against loudspeakers from mosques is not new, it is an ongoing campaign against it, Muthalik said. “Six months back, we submitted a memorandum to all tahsildars across Karnataka in this regard. Nothing happened. Then we submitted it to the pollution control board. Nothing happened. Lastly, we have decided to submit the memorandum to the deputy commissioners. So, this campaign is not new,” he said. Meanwhile, Maharashtra police has detained one of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers in Mumbai and released him after imposing a fine. MNS worker Mahendra Bhanushali was detained after he installed loudspeakers on a tree and started playing Hanuman Chalisa in suburban Mumbai’s Chandivali area. Joining the issue, Maharashtra BJP asked police to take the same action against playing azaan on loudspeakers without permission across Mumbai. “Law is equal for all,” BJP leader Mohit Kamboj Bharatiya tweeted. BDN SHK1814