Adopt family planning: Assam CM to immigrant Muslims in state

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday urged a section of the Muslim community in Assam to adopt decent family planning norms to overcome social ills such as poverty and illiteracy.

We can solve numerous social ills in Assam, if immigrant Muslim community adopts decent family planning norms.

In 2001, Muslims comprised 30.9 per cent of the 2.67 crore population whereas in 1991, it was 28.4 per cent of the 2.24 crore population.

The Bengali-origin Muslim community of the state and perfume baron and MP Ajmal have been in the crosshairs of the BJPs political rhetoric.

Population control policy is already in place, he said, referring to the two-child norm approved by the state Cabinet in 2019 for entry and continuation in government service.