The Assam State Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Repealing Bill, 2024, which abolished the 89-year-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act and Rules of 1935.
"To protect Jati, Mati and Beti, we have decided against Land Jihad. Accordingly, we also took a decision to fight against Love Jihad and Assam Chief Minister has accepted these decisions and he assured that the state government will bring new bills in the state assembly," Kalita told ANI.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday addressed an all-party meeting in Assam's Tinsukia and said that the state government, in the next 45 days, will finalize the Bill to ban polygamy in the state.