Honnavar: RSS and BJP have planned a strategy to divide the country. Support Congress for peace and progress in the country, said AICC president Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi stated this while addressing people and party workers during his road-show at Sharavati Circle in Honnavar.

He said “Modi is ruling only by giving hopes. BJP does not want peace and progress in the country. Modi does not talk about Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, who have robbed the people of our country. The BJP government is a government of lies. Whereas our government, as Basavanna said ‘nudidante nadi’ (practice what you preach), has implemented many progressive projects in the state. To form good plans, to work in favour of the people, and take the country towards development; people must support Congress.”

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal, RV Deshpande, and local MLA Sharda Shetty were present. Thousands of people gathered to witness the road-show.

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Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.

The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.

Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".

At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.

The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.

The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.