Congress leaders request K’taka govt to allow Muslim employees to leave early during Ramadan
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress vice-presidents Syed Ahmed and ARM Hussain have petitioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to allow all Muslim government employees to leave work early during the Ramadan.
The request pointed out that governments in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have allowed Muslim staff to leave work early during the holy month. They urged the CM to take a similar decision in Karnataka so that Muslim employees can leave work at 4:00 PM.
Meanwhile, Hussain clarified that the request is not for a holiday but to leave early from work. He told The Indian Express that this was only a request and the government will ultimately take a decision.
“Since we all will be fasting from March 2 to March 30, we are requesting that Muslim government employees be allowed to leave an hour early for prayers and to break their fast. The government can allow them to log in early to work at 9:00 AM and leave at 4:00 PM, instead of 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, for the said days,” Hussain added.
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We received request; will decide soon whether to support TVK: Thirumavalavan
Chennai (PTI): VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday said that his party received a request from TVK for support and the high-level committee of his party will decide whether to support the Vijay-led party to form the government.
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and emerged as the single largest party. Vijay will have to resign from one of the two constituencies he has won.
Though the Congress party, which has five MLAs, has extended support to TVK, the actor-politician-led party was still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark in the 234-member House.
"We received the request letter from TVK. We are thankful for that. We have not ignored his (Vijay's) request. We have a procedure. Therefore, our party's high-level committee will decide soon. We are going to discuss the merits and demerits of our position," the VCK leader told reporters here.
With regard to the delay in the governor's call to the TVK, which is the single largest party, to form the government, Thirumavalavan requested the governor to invite Vijay to form the government. "It is a constitutional right and people's verdict," he added.
Asserting that the governor cannot say that Vijay should hold 118 MLAs' support now itself to form the government, he said that after taking over power, Vijay has to prove an absolute majority only on the floor of the Assembly.
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