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Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would beryllium introduced successful Assam if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forms the authorities for the 3rd consecutive term.
Addressing a rally successful occidental Assam’s Tihu, helium said the UCC would person a proviso to prohibition polygamy. “The determination is aimed astatine bringing uniformity successful civilian laws and strengthening societal reforms successful Assam,” helium said.
Uttarakhand was the archetypal State to walk and instrumentality the UCC successful the archetypal fractional of 2025. Gujarat passed a Bill successful March to instrumentality the UCC.
The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam authorities had earlier passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill successful November 2025, seeking to criminalise the signifier of having much than 1 spouse simultaneously, irrespective of religion.
The authorities was seen arsenic a measurement towards implementing the UCC successful the State.
