This high-octane rally will be PM Modi's first election address in Assam since the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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The Assam government has decided to repeal the personal law governing marriages and divorces among Muslims in a big push towards a Uniform Civil Code (ICC).
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Assam Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said, "A very important decision has been taken in line with that. The Assam Muslim Marriage & Divorce Registration Act, 1935, will be repealed and no Muslim marriage or divorce will be registered under the Act. We want all such matters to be under the Special Marriage Act."