Marry second time now, polygamy ban after polls: Himanta Sarma's advice to Muslim MP

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a jibe at Lok Sabha MP and president of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Badruddin Ajmal, and said if the latter wishes to take a "second or third wife" he should get married before the Lok Sabha elections..

The Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in Assam after the Lok Sabha polls and polygamy will become illegal, he added...

After the elections, the UCC will come to Assam, then there will be arrests..

Last year, Badruddin Ajmal said the Assam government should spread awareness against marrying more than once rather than impose a ban on polygamy..

A few days ago, Himanta Biswa Sarma had also laid down conditions for the recognition of Bengali-speaking Bangladeshi Muslims, known as 'Miya', as indigenous people in Assam..

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