Amid the ongoing Hanuman Chalisa row in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Mumbai north district working president Fahmida Hasan Khan has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting permission for chanting prayers of every religion in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Kalyan Marg residence in the national capital.

"I, Fahmida Hasan Khan of Kandivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, request you to grant permission to offer Namaz, recite Hanuman Chalisa, Navkar Mantra, Guru Granth and Novena in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Kindly let me know the date and time," Khan's letter, dated April 23, stated.