Will Take Specific Policy Measures To Check Minority Population Growth: Assam Chief Minister

Himanta Biswa Sarma said he is in touch with leaders of the Muslim community and will hold consultations with several organisations next month

The Assam government will take specific policy measures to slow down the growth of minority population with an aim to eradicate poverty and illiteracy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state government's primary objective is to expand health and educational initiatives, and check the growth of Muslim population through such steps, Mr Sarma told PTI in an interview. However, there must be an approach that comes from within the community because when the government takes measures from "the outside, it will be interpreted on political lines", he said. "This is not a political issue, but simply about the well-being of our mothers and sisters and above all, the well-being of the community," the Chief Minister asserted.