Samajwadi Party MLA demands 'Namaz Room' in Uttar Pradesh Assembly building

Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki demanded a prayer room for Muslims in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly building and urged the Speaker to consider it.

Lucknow: After the allotment of a room for offering namaz on the Jharkhand Assembly premises, Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki on Tuesday (September 7) demanded a similar prayer room for Muslims in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly building and urged the Speaker to consider it. However, UP Legislative Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit, when contacted, told PTI that he had not received any communication from the MLA in this regard and a decision on any such demand will be taken as per law. Solanki, a member of the legislative assembly from the Sisamau constituency in Kanpur, said, "I am an MLA for the past 15 years. Many times when assembly proceedings are going on, we Muslim MLAs have to leave the assembly to offer namaz."