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‘Govt must focus on awareness instead’
Updated On: 20 February, 2023 08:54 AM IST | Guwahati | Agencies
With Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government stating that the ongoing drive against child marriages will be intensified, the Opposition termed the exercise as a “political stunt” with a “communal design”
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Relatives of people arrested outside Mayong police station in Morigaon district of Assam on February 4. Pic/AFP
Days after the Gauhati High Court observed that the crackdown on child marriages in Assam created “havoc in the private life of people”, a cross-section of society on Sunday appealed to the state government to look at it from a humane angle and focus more on creating awareness to end the social evil.
With Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government stating that the ongoing drive against child marriages will be intensified, the Opposition termed the exercise as a “political stunt” with a “communal design”.
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