Guwahati: Weeks after launching an enormous crackdown in opposition to youngster marriage within the state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday stated that his authorities is dedicated to ending the menace by 2026. Replying to a query from Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha within the state meeting, the Assam Chief Minister stated that his authorities has taken a sequence of measures to finish the menace.
“By 2026, child marriage must be ended in Assam. Our government will take strong action to end Child Marriage,” the CM stated. “Our government has allocated Rs 200 crore for it in this budget so that we can appoint a special advocate against each Child Marriage case. We want to see everybody convicted,” CM stated.Â
“We will launch an operation against Child Marriage in the state and arrest people in every 2-3 months. We will open a helpline number. We have so far charge sheeted 900 cases. We have acted as per law,” Himanta Biswa Sarma stated.
He additional stated that his authorities has additionally taken initiative to conscious individuals of the menace. “Our government will work for the rehabilitation of the victim – by providing scholarship, free education, free rice schemes. We should not compromise with Child Marriage. We are following the law,” CM Sarma stated.
According to the state authorities, 50 individuals have been arrested within the state in 2017 underneath the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, whereas 106 individuals have been arrested in 2018, 156 individuals in 2019, 216 in 2020, 166 in 2021, 257 in 2022, and three,098 in first two months of this yr.
On the opposite hand, 932 individuals have been arrested within the state in 2017 underneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO), whereas 1393 individuals have been arrested in 2018, 1428 in 2019, 1471 in 2020, 1500 in 2021, 1537 in 2022 and 647 in first two months of 2023.Â
