"What is the population of Muslim community in Gujarat? ""I have personally no objection over anyone visiting either a temple, mosque or a Mazar. He said the system of wearing the sacred thread was a mark of "caste-based inequality" that was once vehemently opposed by veteran socialist leader Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan . He said JP had once refused to wear the sacred thread and had also asked his followers to discard the janeu. On the call of JP, thousands of people in Bihar and other states had discarded the sacred threat.

Source: Times of India December 04, 2017 16:41 UTC