Now a bail of 5 lakh rupees was imposed on the cleric for assenting to Chalisa’s recital at the UP mosque. The decision to allow a Hanuman Chalisa recital inside a mosque has sparked strong rejection from the mosque and the administration in a Baghpat village. The clergyman who had granted permission was asked to come and both he and the person who played it were challenged with personal bonuses of 5 rupees each. The village, Vinaypur, is home to about 8,000 people. On Tuesday, Manu Pal Bansal played Hanuman Chalisa inside the local mosque with the permission of clergyman Ali Hasan. Bansal is a national vice president of an organization that has been pursuing population control laws, the Jansankhya Samadhan Foundation. He live-streamed the video, in which Hanuman Chalisa is playing alone with him in the mosque. On the day of the recital, neither the police nor the local administration took any action. The mosque’s management committee also did not approve but did not arrest Bansal that day. Hasan said, “He came to see me with a request to sit inside the mosque. How could I say no? Everyone can be in the presence of God. “
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