Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday stated that the All India United Democratic Entrance chief Badruddin Ajmal ought to get married once more now if he desires to, in any other case after elections, he can be arrested for violating the Uniform Civil Code.
Polygamy can be outlawed when the Uniform Civil Code is carried out, Sarma stated.
The feedback got here after Ajmal earlier this week stated that he can nonetheless get married once more. “I can achieve this even when the chief minister doesn’t need me to, that’s how a lot power I’ve,” he stated.
On Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering chief advised reporters that if Ajmal desires to get married once more he ought to achieve this earlier than the elections.
“After the elections, the Uniform Civil Code can be carried out in Assam,” Sarma stated. “If he marries after that, he can be arrested.”
He added: “If he invitations us now, we may even go as a result of it’s not unlawful up to now. So far as I do know, he has one spouse. He can marry two or three extra, however we are going to cease polygamy proper after the elections. All the draft is prepared.”
The Uniform Civil Code, is a proposed widespread set of legal guidelines governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all residents. Presently, such private affairs of various non secular and tribal teams – besides in Uttarakhand and Goa – are based mostly on community-specific legal guidelines, largely derived from non secular scripture.
The Uniform Civil Code that was carried out within the BJP-ruled Uttarakhand in February has been criticised for drawing largely from the Hindu private regulation. Authorized consultants have stated that the code might result in the erasure of the private regulation practices of minority communities.
मौलाना बदरूद्दीन अजमल को मैं एक सलाह दे रहा हूँ। अगर उनको एक और शादी करनी है तो चुनाव के पहले कर लें क्योंकि चुनाव के बाद UCC लागू होगा। तब जो क़ानून का उल्लंघन करेगा उसके ऊपर कार्रवाही होगी। pic.twitter.com/SberenDXI7
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (Modi Ka Parivar) (@himantabiswa) March 30, 2024
Final month, the Assam Cupboard determined to repeal the state’s Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 to stop baby marriages.
The Act contained provisions permitting marriages to be registered even when the bride and the groom “had not reached the authorized ages of 18 and 21”, Sarma had stated in a social media put up. “This transfer [to repeal the Act] marks one other vital step in direction of prohibiting baby marriages in Assam,” he stated.
State minister Jayanta Malla Baruah had stated that the federal government desires all marriages to occur below the Particular Marriage Act. The Act allowed the registrars working within the districts to grant licences to Muslim individuals to register marriages and divorces.
Earlier in February, Sarma had stated {that a} invoice to finish polygamy in Assam can be launched within the Meeting in the course of the Finances session. This announcement got here weeks after the chief minister stated that Assam would be the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat to implement a Uniform Civil Code.