Mumbai, June 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday wrote to the Mumbai Police and civic authorities, urging them to take steps to stop the offering of namaz on public roads in the city, claiming it leads to traffic disruption and inconvenience to commuters, especially during peak hours and Fridays.

In his letter, Somaiya said, "Stop offering Namaz on the road," adding that in a city like Mumbai, such gatherings on streets had become a "serious problem."

He claimed that in several instances, people gather outside railway stations and key transport junctions to offer namaz, leading to congestion. "In many places, people go outside the railway station to offer Namaz," he said in the letter, adding that this resu...