Child marriage will not be permitted in Assam, according to Chief Minister Himanta Sarma, “as long as.”
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, said on Monday that the Assam Muslim Weddings and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 will be repealed “as long as he is alive” and that he would not permit child weddings in the state. Himanta Biswa Sarma, taking aim at the opposition in the state house, vowed to end child marriage in the state by 2026.
Himanta Biswa Sarma made these remarks while protesters opposing the state cabinet’s decision to revoke the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935, including the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), were leaving the legislature.
“Listen closely: I will not permit child marriage to occur in Assam as long as I live.” As long as Himanta Biswa Sarma is living, I will not let this to occur…I want to take you on politically, and I’ll close this store before 2026.In an abrasive statement in the House, the chief minister of Assam said, “We will not rest in peace until we completely close the shop that you people (Congress) have opened to ruin the daughters of the Muslim community.”
The Assam Repealing Ordinance, 2024, which repeals the Marriage and Divorce Act of the British period specifically for Muslims, was adopted by the state cabinet on Friday. Notably, the Act permitted the government to provide a Muslim individual a license enabling him to register Muslim weddings and divorces upon applications and allowed for the voluntary registration of Muslim marriages and divorces.
Repealing the Act, in Sarma’s opinion, would free Muslim women in the state from “torture and exploitation” and contribute to the abolition of child marriage.
This legislation will put a stop to the long-standing abuse and exploitation of Muslim moms. Triple talaq was stopped by the prime minister. However, in Assam alone due to this conduct, a Kazi would not have been blamed if he had obtained release from the court and recorded the marriage of a girl under the age of eighteen. After this rule is repealed, it will no longer be simple to deliver talaq, and marriages involving girls younger than 18 cannot be registered, Sarma told the media on Friday.
