Polygamy destroys lives of women needs to be made obsolete Arunachal CM

Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that the matter related to property rights to the girl child needs consultancy and a proper debate involving all the stakeholders of the stateWe all love our daughters and want to give them equal rights be it of education employment or property But this matter needs a proper debate and consultancy with regard to our indigenous identity and tribal rights specifically on property and inheritance rights Khandu saidThe chief minister said this while addressing a thanksgiving programme at the D K Convention Centre in ItanagarThe programme was organised to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for passing the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order Amendment Bill 2021 in the recent session of the ParliamentSpeaking on polygamy Chief Minister Khandu said that it needs to become obsolete in todays worldThe practice must have been socially accepted in the past due to various reasons but I do not think it is relevant today Instead of helping the family the practice of polygamy affects and destroys and lives of women of the family he saidLauding the State Commission for Women Arunachal Pradesh Womens Welfare Society and Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights for painstakingly compiling a draft bill on these subjects CM Khandu assured that it will be studied in detail and extensive consultancy meetings will be held with all stakeholders to incorporate their views and suggestions before finalising a final draftOn the contentious issue of Chakma and Hajong refugees settled in the state the chief minister reiterated that as per prevailing Acts and laws no non-indigenous tribe of Arunachal Pradesh can permanently settle in the stateThe Chakma and Hajong settlers are also human They too are suffering a lot here Therefore we have to evolve a win-win solution for both and our indigenous tribes he pointed and urged the MPs particularly Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to pursue with the central leadership for a permanent solutionWith regards to the inter-state boundary issue with Assam Khandu informed that the state government is working high time to resolve the same Arunachal shares an approximately 730 km boundary with AssamAlso read Former drug addicts to help recovering youths in Arunachal PradeshThe High Power Committee under the chairmanship of Home Minister Bamang Felix has already conducted several rounds of consultative meetings with stakeholders on the matter On 26th the Committee will hold a meeting with all MLAs and deputy commissioners of the districts sharing boundaries with Assam he informedKhandu said that he has already spoken to his Assam counterpart and has agreed to resolve all issues through bilateral talksHe further revealed that the groundwork under process is based on the recommendations made by the one man Local Boundary Commission constituted by the Supreme CourtEarlier while expressing gratitude to the Govt of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi for passing the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order Amendment Bill 2021 in the recent session of the Parliament Khandu termed it the fulfilment of a demand which had been pending since decadesThe bill amended the constitutional list of Scheduled Tribes as recommended by the state government and added the indigenous nomenclatures of Monpa Sajolang Sartang Tai Khamti Mishmi-Kaman Miju Mishmi Idu Mishmi Taraon Digaru Mishmi Nocte Tangsa Tutsa and WanchoKhandu said the inclusion of the left-out indigenous tribes of the state in the constitutional list wouldnt have been possible without the constant persuasion by the three MPs from the state Kiren Rijiju Tapir Gao and Nabam Rebia and the concern of Prime Minister ModiOn behalf of the newly included tribes and the people of Arunachal I extend my heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Modi Union Tribal Affairs minister Arjun Munda and the MPs of the state and country especially of BJP he saidKhandu expressed optimism that this will go a long way to ensure the rights of every tribe in the StateFelicitating Rijiju on his first visit to his home state as cabinet minister for Law and Justice Khandu hailed the BJP government at the centre for recognizing Rijijus calibre and appointing him a tribal from Arunachal Pradesh as a cabinet minister of such an important portfolioIt is a proud moment for us as Rijiju is not only the first Arunachalee to become a cabinet minister but the first tribal in the country to hold the Law and Justice portfolio he saidKhandu requested Rijiju to positively consider and fulfil the local demand for the establishment of a permanent High Court for the state He informed that the high court building coming up at the present Itanagar Bench of Gauhati High Court site at Naharlagun is designed in a way to accommodate an independent High CourtTrending Stories