Overview
- The Assembly approved a bill criminalising multiple marriages with prison terms up to 10 years, exempting Scheduled Tribes and Sixth Schedule areas.
- The state will send the legislation to the President for assent.
- Himanta Biswa Sarma vowed to table a Uniform Civil Code in the first session of the next Assembly if the NDA is re-elected.
- Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi alleged large-scale corruption, transfer of tribal land to corporate groups and plans to move outsiders into voter rolls, while branding the UCC push an attack on diversity.
- Separate reports point to growing dissent inside the Assam BJP, with the leadership weighing new candidates ahead of elections due by May 2026.