GUWAHATI: The BJP-led government in Assam has decided to crack down on the “emerging trend” of “cheating marriages”, which generally involve a prospective boyfriend lying about his religion to marry a Hindu girl, minister of finance and health Himanta Biswa Sarma he said Wednesday.
“In Assam, we are seeing the emergence of two or three new trends. Many Muslim children create fake Facebook accounts with Hindu names and post photos of themselves in temples. A girl marries one of those boys, only to find out later that he is not of the same religion. This is not a bona fide marriage, it is based on false information and basically amounts to a breach of trust, ”said Sarma.
Clarifying that the government was not against marriage outside of one’s religion as long as it was voluntary and without deception, the minister said the idea was to protect “our daughters and sisters” from being deceived in an inter-religious relationship. “We will fight any marriage that has been or has been solemnized on the basis of a forgery.”
Two days ago, while attending a BJP Mahila Morcha When meeting in Dibrugarh, Sarma had said that the time had come to “start a new fight against the jihad of love on the soil of Assam.” Said yes Bjp If he retained the reins of government for another five years, anyone who concealed his religious identity in order to marry or made “negative comments” about Assamese women would face strict punishment.
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