After stating his desire to outlaw polygamy in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma now claims that the state s crime rate against women has dropped by 41%.
The panel, headed by Justice (Retired) Rumi Phookan, has been asked to submit its report within two months, the chief minister said in a tweet on Thursday night.
The Assam government has constituted a four-member expert committee to examine the legislative competence of the state legislature to enact a law to end polygamy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.