Guwahati, Feb. 19 -- Assam's Congress MLA, Abdur Rashid Mandal on Wednesday supported the Telangana government's order on allowing state government Muslim employees to leave early during the month of Ramazan, and urging the Assam government to issue a similar rule.

"It is justified (Telangana government order), because during Ramzan, in the evening hours they are not in a position to work smoothly and decision taken by the Telangana and Andhra government is justified," Congress MLA told ANI.

While talking about if the Assam government should announce a similar rule, he added, "It will be a good decision if Assam government exempts their Muslim employees to leave an hour or two before their scheduled time."

Earlier last year, the Assam ...