Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, stated on Thursday that his party opposes Muslim men having multiple wives.
Attacking Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal severely, Sarma claimed that women might have “20-25 children” as per the alleged recommendation of the AIUDF chairman, but that the opposition leader would be responsible for paying for all of their future costs for food, clothing, and education.
“There cannot be any right to a man living in independent India to marry three-four women (without divorcing the previous spouse). We want to change such a system. We will have to work to give justice to Muslim women,” the chief minister said at an official function here.
“We want ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’. If there are doctors from Assamese Hindu families, there should be doctors from Muslim families as well. Many MLAs don’t give such advice because they need the votes of ‘Pomuwa’ Muslims,” Sarma said.
Bengali-speaking Muslims originating from East Bengal or present-day Bangladesh are colloquially called ‘Pomuwa Muslims’ in Assam.
Speaking about Ajmal’s controversial comments on women, the chief minister said, “In Assam, we have some leaders like Badruddin Ajmal. They say women must give birth to children as soon as possible because that is a fertile land.” A woman’s childbirth process cannot be compared with a field, he added.
“I have repeatedly said that our women can give birth to 20-25 children, but their food, clothes, education and all other expenses will have to be borne by Ajmal. Then, we don’t have any problem,” Sarma said.
When an Assam-Meghalaya border clash resulted in the deaths of six people, Himanta Sarma discussed Rahul Gandhi’s beard and love jihad.
Nobody has the right to offer advice on birthing if the ex-perfume tycoon who is now a Lok Sabha MP does not cover the children’s bills, he continued.
Sarma added that a family should only have as many children as they can feed, clothe, and educate to help them become better people.
“Our government’s policy is clear. We work for the indigenous people, but we want progress for all. We don’t want the students of Muslims, especially the ‘Pomuwa’ Muslims, to study in madrassas and become ‘Jonab’ and ‘Imam’,” he added.
All Muslim children should be accepted to general schools and colleges so they can pursue careers as doctors and engineers, according to the BJP-led administration.
In an interview with a media outlet on December 2, Ajmal made remarks against women, Hindu males, and Sarma in what was ostensibly a response to the chief minister’s comments on “Love Jihad.”
According to reports, the MP from Dhubri, who is regarded as a “Maulana,” counselled Hindus to marry young in order to have many offspring like Muslims.
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The MP apologised the next day, saying he was “ashamed” of the uproar his remarks had sparked as a result of the backlash. However, he insisted that his remarks were misconstrued and that he had not singled out any community.
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