India, Feb. 18 -- After Telangana government issued a circular permitting Muslim employees to leave offices an hour early during the holy month of Ramzan, Andhra Pradesh government led by NDA ally Chandrababu Naidu's TDP followed suit and sounded a similar order.

Telangana government's move was slammed by the opposition BJP on Tuesday, which wondered why such measures are not extended during Hindu festivals.

While the BJP dubbed the move as appeasement politics, the Andhra Pradesh government led by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of chief minister Chandrababu Naidu issues an order permitting all the employees who profess Islam to leave offices hourly during Ramzan.

The TDP is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the National Demo...