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'Next step is banning polygamy,' says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
The Daily Guardian
|August 29, 2024
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the Assam government's priority to focus on the marriage reigstration bill and its next step is to ban polygamy.
"Assam government is not decided on the whole UCC, we are focusing on the Muslim registration bill which we made compulsory, we have said that the registration of the marriage and divorce will be done by subregistrar rather than 'Kazi'.
Our next step is banning polygamy which will be coming in anytime we are just waiting for any judicial comment on Uttarakhand UCC we are looking closely.
This story is from the August 29, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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