Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai’s remarks on the call to prayer from mosques has triggered a debate among some Muslim organisations regarding the use of loudspeakers for the purpose.

Pillai, a prominent leader of the Nair Service Society and a former state minister, had last week allegedly described the call to prayer via loudspeakers as “barking of dog five times a day”. He has been booked for the alleged hate speech