India, Feb. 22 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara clarified on Friday that the state government has neither received nor discussed any proposal to allow Muslim government employees to leave work early during Ramzan.

His statement came in response to a petition by Karnataka Congress vice-presidents Y Syed Ahmed and A R M Hussain, who had urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to grant early leave for Muslim employees during the holy month.

"They may have submitted a letter, but there is no such proposal before the government. No discussions have taken place, either at the cabinet level or otherwise," Parameshwara stated, according to news agency PTI.

When asked about the BJP's criticism of a similar decision in Telangana as appeasemen...