BJP today criticized the Uttarakhand government for declaring a special 90-minute Friday break for Muslim employees. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, party Secretary Shrikant Sharma said, it will set a wrong precedent and accused the Congress of communalising the state's politics ahead of the assembly polls. <br/><br/>He alleged that the Congress has a history of dividing people on communal lines in its greed for power and what it has done is an attempt to hide the Harish Rawat government's failures.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Uttarakhand government had announced a special 90- minute break for the government employees from the Muslim community for Friday prayers.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | December 19, 2016 8:03 PM
BJP slams U'khand govt for declaring special 90-minute Friday break for Muslim employees