AMPLIFYING HIS PRESENCE

n the face of it, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s campaign against the use of loudspeakers in mosques for and other purposes met its objective—over 90 per cent did not use them at dawn on May 4, the deadline set by the politician. The silence has persisted since then. As part of his agitation, a combative Raj had also ordered MNS cadre to play the Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques from May 4 if was still announced before 6 am