Tejaswi Yadav calls Assam CM Himanta ‘Chinese version of Yogi’ over decision to end Jumma break, BJP terms it ‘Racist’

Tejashwi Yadav criticizes Assam CM for ending Jumma break, accuses him of seeking cheap popularity and spreading hatred.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the decision to end the 2-hour break for Jumma prayers in Assam Assembly and accused him of seeking "cheap popularity" to stay in the news.

"Assam Chief Minister (Himanta Biswa Sarma) wants cheap popularity and wants to remain in the news...(UP CM) Yogi Adityanath is using bulldozers, and he (Assam CM) is stopping namaz, the country belongs to everyone, there should be peace, but these people are only spreading hatred," Tejashwi Yadav told ANI.

The former Bihar Deputy CM attacked Chief Minister Himanta and called him "Chinese version of Yogi" in a veiled reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

"The Chief Minister of Assam deliberately keeps doing acts to harass Muslims, in an attempt to gain cheap popularity and become the "Chinese version of Yogi". The people of BJP have made Muslim brothers a soft target to spread hatred, attract the attention of Modi-Shah and polarize the society," Mr. Yadav stated.

"People of all religions, except RSS, have a hand in the independence of the country. Our Muslim brothers have made sacrifices in getting the country freedom and as long as we are here, no one can harm them," he added.

Earlier today, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma defended the State Assembly's decision to end the 2-hour break for Jumma prayers, saying that no other State Assembly in India has a similar break.

He also expressed surprise that people outside Assam are opposing the decision without fully understanding it. Mr. Sarma added that Congress supported the decision to end the Jumma break in Assam.