Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said 2,789 people have been arrested so far during the ongoing crackdown on child marriage across the state.
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Friday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for a campaign against child marriage in the state after a 16-year-old pregnant girl died while she was on her way to the hospital in Bongaigaon district of Assam.
The Delegates of Youth20 (Y20) participated in a Yoga session at the IIT Guwahati campus on Tuesday morning. The first Y20 meeting 2023, under G20 India, began in Guwahati on the 6th Feb, Monday.
The total number of people arrested in connection with child marriages escalated to 2,441, informed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.
The drive was launched on Thursday night after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a video-conference meeting with senior officials of the police department directing them to launch a crackdown to rid the state of the evil practice of child marriage.
A large number of women on Saturday staged a protest in front of a police station in Assam's Dhubri district against the Assam government's action against child marriage. Security personnel were forced to resort to lathi-charge to disperse the women who gathered in front of the Tamarhat poli
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while addressing a public meeting in Banamalipur said that Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) built the Ram Temple after removing Babur's occupation.