GUWAHATI: The Assam government is planning to introduce a bill to ban polygamy in the state.
The proposed bill to ban polygamy in Assam will be introduced during the upcoming assembly session in the state.
This was informed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (July 13).
“We are planning to introduce the Bill to ban polygamy in the upcoming assembly session,” said Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Assam CM said that if the government fails to introduce the bill in the upcoming assembly session, it will be introduced in the January session of the House.
“If for some reason we are not able to do so then we will introduce the bill in the January session,” said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
He said that the Assam government wants to put an immediate ban to the practice of polygamy in the state.
Earlier, the Assam government had constituted a four-member experts’ committee, which looked into the prospects of proposed ban on polygamy in the state.
The experts’ committee was to “examine whether the state legislature is empowered to prohibit polygamy” in Assam.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that a ban on polygamy in Assam will be imposed before 2024.
Furthermore, the Assam chief minister had clarified that the proposed ban on the practice of polygamy in the state is not aimed at any particular community.