NCP leader seeks permission from Amit Shah to read scriptures of 'every religion'

The Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fahmida Hassan Khan, who is the party's working president in North Mumbai district, wrote a letter to home minister Amit Shah on Monday seeking permission to read the holy scriptures of every religion in front of the prime minister's residence.

In her letter, Khan said she wishes to chant the Namaz, Hanuman Chalisa, Namokar Mantra (Jain chant), Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh scripture) and others outside the PM's residence at Delhi's Lok Kalyan Marg.

This comes amidst the ongoing Hanuman Chalisa row in Maharashtra where MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana have been arrested based on an FIR filed by Shiv Sena under Article 153A.