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Guwahati [Gauhati]India
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Image credit: PTI/File)
Muslim lawmakers have a two-hour break between 12 noon and 2 pm, during which they will perform the Namaz ceremony every Friday.
The Assam Assembly on Friday decided to end a British-era rule that allowed namaz to be held on Fridays. From now on, there will be no break for Friday namaz prayers for Muslim MLAs. Regarding X, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said that the government's move prioritizes productivity.
“By doing away with the 2-hour Jumma break, @AssamAssembly is prioritizing productivity and shedding another vestige of the baggage of colonialism. This approach was pioneered by Syed Saadulla of the Muslim League in Said in 1937.
Biswajit Phukan, a BJP MP from Sarupatta assembly segment, said: “Since the British rule in India, the Assam Assembly has had a break every Friday to hold Nama. There is a two-hour break between 12 noon and 2 pm for the Namaz ceremony held by Muslim legislators every Friday. But this rule has changed from now on and there will not be any. breakthrough.
He said the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimari and was passed unanimously with the support of other legislators.
“Everyone has expressed support for the decision. According to research, there is no provision for namaz rest in the Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha and Assembly Houses of other states. Therefore, the Speaker of the Assam Assembly has also decided to end the British era rule.
According to him, the Assam Assembly starts at 9.30 am from Monday to Thursday and 9 am on Friday to provide a two-hour break for namaz. However, as this situation has changed, from now on Parliament will start operating at 9.30am each day.
Notably, Assam ended another pre-independence rule.
The Assam state assembly on Thursday passed a bill making Muslim marriages and divorces required to be registered with the government.
Parliament passed the Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2024, which aims to safeguard the rights of Muslim women and men and eliminate child marriage.
The bill replaces the archaic Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, 1935.
While discussing the bill, CM Sarma said, “The states with the largest Muslim population in India are Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir. There is already a law to register Muslim marriages. In Kerala, this bill will definitely be approved by the Congress Party or Left government as the BJP has never been in power in this southern state.
He also expressed concern over Muslim women and claimed that the Muslim Marriage Registration Act would provide them with security.
