Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday urged the Muslim community in the state to adopt ‘decent family planning’ norms to bring down poverty and control social problems and added that the state government will take few more steps to encourage population control.

“We want to work with the minority Muslim community to control population. The root cause of issues like poverty, land encroachment etc. lies in uncontrolled population growth. I think we can put an end to lot of social problems in Assam if the Muslim community adopts decent family planning norms,” Sarma told reporters in Guwahati.

Addressing a press conference to mark completion of first month of his government, Sarma appealed to organisations like the All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) and opposition party, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), to focus on population control initiatives in the Muslim community.

“Assam government is going to take few more steps which should encourage population control. I want to work with AAMSU and AIUDF on this. There should new thought on this. No community or section is our enemy, and we want development of everyone,” he said.

“We want community support to spread education among Muslim women and birth control initiatives. Poverty won’t get reduced unless you control your population. I hope the community will respect the government’s stand on this and work towards this,” Sarma added.

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