The chief minister had earlier said that the state government was planning to bring a Bill to end polygamy.An expert committee had submitted a report on the assembly’s competence to end polygamy following which 150 suggestions were received regarding the proposed Bill to end the social menace in the state.The chief minister had said that his government was in support of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) but wanted to ban polygamy immediately in the state.The UCC is a matter which will be decided by Parliament but the state can also take a call with the assent of the President, he said.The state government had launched a crackdown against child marriage in the state in two phases last year and it was found that many elderly men married multiple times and their wives were mostly young girls, belonging to the poor section of the society, Sarma had said earlier.In the first phase in February last year, 3,483 people were arrested and 4,515 cases were registered in February, while 915 people were arrested and 710 cases were registered in the second phase in October last year.
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