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Reacting over Ajmal’s comment, Sonowal says all people of Assam will have to accept policy adopted by govt

| @indiablooms | Oct 29, 2019, at 07:49 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Reacting over AIUDF chief Badaruddin Ajmal’s recent controversial comment, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday that, all the people of Assam will have to accept the policy adopted by the state government.

Sonowal said that the government will not compromise on it at any cost.

Sonowal in Guwahati told media persons that – “All the people of the state will have to accept the policy adopted by the government. We will not compromise on this.”

On Oct 26, AIUDF chief Badaruddin Ajmal said in an exclusive interview with Aajtak/India Today that, Muslims will not listen to anyone and will continue to produce children.

“Muslims will continue to produce children, they will not listen to anyone. Now, the government has brought this law to stop Muslims from having jobs. According to the Sachar committee, below 2 per cent Muslims get government jobs. Literate people are now increasing among the Muslim community and they are working across the world,” Badruddin Ajmal said.

On Oct 21, the Assam cabinet decided that, no government jobs will be given to the persons having more than two child after January 1, 2021.

The 126-member Assam assembly had passed the “Population and Women Empowerment Policy of Assam” in September 2017.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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