Guwahati, June 30 (NKTV): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently said that two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy among the Muslim community in Assam. “There is no resistance from the community regarding the same” Sarma said.
“It’s for the welfare of the minority community and I don’t think there is any resistance from them. All Assam Minority Students’ Union met me last month and admitted that Muslims in Assam need population control measures. I am meeting Muslim intellectuals in July and I am sure they will support state government’s policy as well” Sarma said on Tuesday.
“Assam has been able to manage its annual population growth at 1.6 per cent but when we lift the veil off the statistics, it is found that the Muslim population is growing at a rate of 29 per cent, whereas the Hindus are growing at 10 per cent” Sarma had claimed.
Sarma had recently said that his government was planning to introduce a population policy with two-child norm, and families adhering to it can avail benefits under certain schemes.
Inputs from ANI and PTI