Curated By: Sanstuti Nath
Final Up to date: March 31, 2024, 09:54 IST
Guwahati [Gauhati], India
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal (Picture: PTI File)
If Ajmal invitations him to his wedding ceremony, Sarma mentioned, “I’ll attend it additionally however after the elections, he can not do it because the regulation would be the identical for all”
Taking a dig at All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday mentioned if the Dhubri MP needs to marry once more, he ought to achieve this earlier than the Lok Sabha elections, or he would face arrest later because the Assam authorities will deliver the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bt then.
The retort got here days after Ajmal just lately mentioned that the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) was attempting to impress the Muslims and if he needed to marry once more no person might cease him as his faith allowed him to take action.
“After the elections, the UCC will come into pressure and he shall be jailed if he marries once more as a number of marriages for all shall be declared unlawful,” the Assam Chief Minister mentioned on the sidelines of an election assembly in Udalguri.
A UCC implies that each one sections of the society, regardless of their faith, shall be handled equally in keeping with a nationwide civil code, which shall be relevant to all uniformly, protecting areas like marriage, divorce, upkeep, inheritance, adoption and succession of the property.
If Ajmal invitations him to his wedding ceremony, Sarma mentioned, “I’ll attend it additionally however after the elections, he can not do it because the regulation would be the identical for all.”
The Assam Cupboard had final month accepted the choice to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 in a bid to finish the menace of kid marriage within the state and as a step in direction of the implementation of the UCC.
The chief minister had earlier mentioned that Assam would be the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat to introduce the Invoice on the UCC which can exempt the tribal communities from its ambit.
(With PTI Inputs)
