"Surprised people are opposing it without thinking": Assam CM Himanta on ending Jumma break in assembly

Aug 31, 2024

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday defended the state assembly's decision to end the 2-hour break for Jumma prayers, saying that no...

"Unconstitutional": AIMIM leader Waris Pathan on Assam Assembly ending 2-hr Jumma break practise

Aug 31, 2024

Assam Legislative Assembly on August 30 officially amended the rule providing two hours of Jumma break to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer Friday prayers.

Assam Assembly ends practice of two-hour Jumma break, running since 1937

Aug 30, 2024

The order stated that the amendment was done to scrap the colonial practice which aimed at dividing the society on a religious basis.

"Historic decision": BJP's Taranga Gogoi after Assam Assembly ends practice of two-hour Jumma break

Aug 30, 2024

After the Assam legislative assembly decided to end the practice of a two-hour Jumma break, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Taranga Gogoi dubbed it...

'CM Himanta Biswa wants cheap popularity': Tejashwi Yadav on ending Jumma break in Assam assembly

Aug 31, 2024

"Assam Chief Minister (Himanta Biswa Sarma) wants cheap popularity and wants to remain in the news," Yadav said.

Not my decision, it is Assembly's, says Assam CM Sarma as ending Jumma break practice invites criticism

Aug 30, 2024

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma affirmed that the decision to scrap the practice of 2-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in the state legislative...