Mumbai, Feb. 28 -- Samajwadi Party's Abu Asim Azmi on Saturday requested the state government to grant time off to employees during the holy month of Ramzan. In a formal communication to the Chief Minister, Azmi proposed a policy similar to those recently implemented in neighbouring states to facilitate observers during the fasting period.

Abu Asim Azmi, while talking to the media, said, " I have written a letter to the Chief Minister urging him to grant time off to employees during Ramzan, as the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have already done in their states. It has been some time since we submitted this request to the government, but we have not received any response yet."

Earlier this week, the Telangana Government iss...