Dehradun: Veteran Congress leader and former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat has taken a dig at the BJP for making much ado over Union Home Minister Amit Shah halting his speech on hearing Azaan, the Muslim call for prayer, at a rally in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Wednesday. Rawat said that when the Congress leaders did a similar thing, the BJP leaders called it Muslim worship.
It may be recalled that Amit Shah who addressed a mega rally in Baramulla during his 3-day J&K visit paused his speech when the call for noon prayers reverberated from the nearby mosque. Taking a dig at the BJP, Harish Rawat, in a social media post said, “Whenever there was azaan from the nearest mosque during Congress meetings, Congress leaders stopped their speech in respect. BJP called it our Muslim worship to provoke public feelings”. Rawat however appreciated Shah for respecting the Muslim sentiments saying it was great to see that now the “BJP is also changing”.
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