A Owasi on Child Marriage Crackdown
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owasi has accused Assam Government as biased against the Muslim and of its latest crackdown on child marriages as communal.
Owasi has demanded the state government know who will take care of the girls who were left in the lurch after the state government’s crackdown on child marriages.
Addressing a press conference, the AIMIM chief said that it is the failure of the Assam government which has been keeping quiet for the past six years.
“For the past six years, there has been a BJP Government in Assam. What have you been doing during the past six years? This is your failure for the past six years. You are sending them to jails. Now, who will take care of those girls? CM (Himanta Biswa Sarma) will? It is a failure of the state and on top of that you are pushing them into misery,” he said to the media.
Assam Government stance on child marriages
On Saturday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted that the drive against child marriage, launched by the state police the previous day, will continue till the next Assembly elections in 2026.
According to an official statement issued by the state government, more than 2,250 people have been arrested in the state till Saturday in the crackdown on child marriage.
Moreover, it said that altogether 2,258 people have been arrested so far based on 4,074 FIRs registered against child marriages across the state.
As per Assam Government, those having married girls below 14 years of age will be booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 will be registered against those who have married girls in the 14-18 years age group.
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Assam Government is biased against Muslims: Owasi
Further, Owasi said, “You (Assam Government) have already booked 4,000 cases and are in the process of booking another 4,000. Why are they not opening new schools? Open new schools. The BJP Government in Assam is a biased government against Muslims.”
Also, he asked why the state government is not giving lands, and plots to the landless people in lower Assam, unlike upper Assam.
