The Assam assembly will do away with a two-hour break provided on Fridays to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer ‘namaz’, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The rule will be implemented from the next session, an Assembly official said.
In a post on X, Sarma said, “By doing away with the 2-hour Jumma break, @AssamAssembly has prioritised productivity and shed another vestige of colonial baggage. This practice was introduced by Muslim League’s Syed Saadulla in 1937.”
An official statement circulated in the House, a copy of which was made available to reporters, said the Rules Committee of the assembly had unanimously agreed to drop this practice.