First order of enterprise as Himanta Biswa Sarma is sworn in once more: Uniform Civil Code in Assam | India Information
3 min learnGuwahatiUp to date: Might 14, 2026 05:30 AM IST
A day after being sworn in, the brand new Assam Cupboard in its first assembly Wednesday introduced to desk a proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft Invoice earlier than the newly elected state Meeting on Might 26, in addition to rolling out a slew of austerity measures.
BJP chief Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as Assam’s Chief Minister for the second consecutive time period, together with 4 Cupboard ministers on Tuesday. The newly constituted Cupboard held its first assembly on Wednesday, after which Sarma introduced {that a} session of the Assam Legislative Meeting will likely be held from Might 21 to 26, throughout which the newly elected MLAs will take oath.
“Within the first assembly of the Cupboard, the celebration (BJP) manifesto has been adopted because the tenet for the federal government’s working for the subsequent 5 years… On 26 Might, the final day of the meeting, a Uniform Civil Code Invoice will likely be introduced within the Home. At the moment, the Cupboard has accredited the draft of the UCC Invoice,” the CM stated, including that the proposed UCC Invoice leaves the state’s tribal inhabitants outdoors its ambit.
The BJP’s election manifesto listed “implementation of the UCC” — excluding tribal communities and elements of the state protected beneath the Sixth Schedule of the Structure — as one of many celebration’s core guarantees. It had additionally promised legal guidelines towards “land jihad” and “love jihad”, extra evictions, extra “pushbacks” of declared foreigners, and a ramp-up of present welfare schemes.
Sarma stated the core subjects the proposed UCC Invoice will take care of are “minimal age of marriage, no polygamy, property rights for girls, live-in relationships, and obligatory registration of marriages”.
Concerning appointments to 2 lakh extra authorities jobs — one other key ballot promise, Sarma stated that the Cupboard has constituted a job power led by the Chief Secretary to chalk out a plan for a similar throughout the subsequent three months.
The CM stated the Cupboard has additionally determined to roll out a set of austerity measures in step with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name earlier this week.
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“For the subsequent six months, the state authorities is not going to buy any new autos, and no authorities minister, official or employee will journey overseas, even at their very own expense,” the Assam CM introduced.
Different related bulletins have been downsizing of convoy fleets; an aimed reduce within the state authorities’s bills on petrol and diesel by 20 per cent as in comparison with final yr; no buy of overseas gadgets by the federal government for the subsequent six months; and no in-person authorities seminars and workshops for the subsequent six months.
