Samajwadi Party stalwart Abu Azmi is rallying support for special dispensations for Maharashtra’s Muslim workforce during Ramadan. His direct overture to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeks practical relief for those fasting.
Azmi envisions employees wrapping up by 4 PM to honor Roza and prayers, a model already embraced in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. ‘With the assembly session approaching, this is timely and essential,’ he emphasized in recent remarks.
Underlining Ramadan’s centrality—abstaining from food and water from sunrise to sunset—Azmi frames the request as a gesture of administrative goodwill.
On ‘The Kerala Story 2,’ Azmi labeled it hate-stirring nonsense devoid of ‘love jihad’ reality. He proposed legal curbs on interfaith weddings if apprehension is genuine, rather than films breeding enmity. ‘Promote unity; let laws punish offenders. Supreme Court attention needed,’ he said.
Azmi backed Gujarat’s parental consent rule for marriages as family-protective. He rebuked the harsh handling of Youth Congress protests at the AI Summit, echoing Lohia’s view that quiet roads embolden unchecked power.
These pronouncements from Azmi fuel national conversations on religious accommodations, inter-community ties, and protest freedoms, positioning him as a vocal advocate for balanced policies.