Offering Namaz in open spaces will “not be tolerated”, Haryana Chief Minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar said on Friday, 10 December, hours after several Hindu right-wing groups showed up in Gurugram’s Sector 37 and raised anti-Muslim slogans and objected to namaz being offered at the open site.
The CM also told the press that a previous decision of sites being reserved for this purpose now stands withdrawn.
On being asked about the continued disruptions of Namaz over the past several Fridays in Gurugram, CM Khattar said:
Since September 2021, members of Hindu right-wing groups have been disrupting Friday prayers by the Muslim community in open spaces in Gurugram, despite these sites being designated by the state government for this purpose.