‘Modi govt acts like mohalla uncle’: AIMIM chief Owaisi slams Centre’s move to raise marriage age for women

Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi took to Twitter on Friday to criticise the central government’s move to raise the legal minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.

Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi took to Twitter on Friday to criticise the central government’s move to raise the legal minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. He referred to the development as an example of the “typical paternalism we have come to expect from the government” and said the Modi-led government acts like a “mohalla [neighbourhood] uncle”. Modi govt has decided to increase the age of marriage for women to 21. This is typical paternalism that we have come to expect from the govt. 18 year old men & women can sign contracts, start businesses, choose Prime Ministers & elect MPs & MLAs but not marry? 1/n

“Modi government acts like a mohalla uncle - deciding what we eat, who/when we marry, what God we worship, etc,” Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, tweeted on Friday.