‘We don’t use such indecent language’: BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya’s mosque remarks criticised by Rajasthan Deputy CM

He later claimed that he had received “50-60 complaints” about loudspeakers where the sound was being increased and that there are at least 150 locations in his Assembly constituency facing this problem.

Responding to his remarks, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra said, “It is our misfortune that such namoone (piece of work) are in our Vidhan Sabha. The people have chosen him for their problems, not for doing Hindu-Muslim or spreading hate or doing nautanki. He should work towards development, employment, and promoting brotherhood among 36 quam (all communities) in his Assembly constituency. But he is just spreading hate. I hope to God that he stays safe and, if needed, his escort should be increased. Because of the kind of things he is doing, you never know when someone’s mind acts out.”

The Hawa Mahal MLA then questioned if Dotasra had hatched a conspiracy to hurt him, “because how do you know there is a threat to my life and I need security?” He said that Dotrasra’s words insulted not only him but also the sanatan. On Tuesday, his supporters protested against Dotasra for calling him a “namoona”.

With bike riders taking out a rally post-Friday prayers, Balmukund also wrote a letter to Jaipur Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph, claiming that they chanted “anti-national and objectionable” slogans and created chaos along the way. Accompanied by Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s national spokesperson Amitosh Pareek, he also met the Commissioner on Monday and complained to him about the bike rally and the loudspeakers.

So far, the MLA has been backed by the party leaders, including cabinet ministers Madan Dilawar and Jogaram Patel. However, Deputy CM Bairwa objected to the MLA’s remarks on Tuesday, saying, “Woh kuch bhi bolein lekin hum log is tarah se abhadra bhasha ka prayog hum karte nahi hai. Bilkul sanskar aur sanksriti se rehne wale log hain (He may say anything but we do not use such indecent language. We are people who live with utmost sanskar and tradition).”

Earlier, former Congress minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas had attacked the Hawa Mahal MLA, saying, “Some insane BJP MLAs have lost their mental balance… They cannot talk about their work… so they talk rubbish.”