Guwahati, May 18 -- Assam BJP leader and MLA-elect Diganta Kalita on Monday called for restricting the use of loudspeakers during Azan, saying the sound has caused disturbance near the Assam Assembly and MLA hostel area.

Speaking to ANI, the BJP MLA-elect from Kamalpur assembly constituency said he was not opposed to Azan but questioned the need for loudspeakers.

"I am not against Azan, but using loudspeakers is not essential. I have been staying here at the MLA hostel for the last five years, and from morning till evening, Azan is performed five times a day using loudspeakers at a mosque near the Assembly and MLA hostel. It has disturbed us," Kalita said.

He further said that he was studying legal provisions and court judgments relate...