The cases of child marriage are continuously increasing in the country, if we talk about the last five years only, there has been an increase of more than 222% in the cases of child marriage. Child marriages are taking place on a large scale in Hindu, Muslim as well as Christian, Jain and other religions.
against child marriage Assam Vigorous campaign is going on, so far 2211 people have been arrested there and it is said that the campaign will continue for the next three to four days. Once again in the country on the pretext of Assam child marriage But the debate has started. no this action Muslims If someone is telling against, then someone is terming it as a political conspiracy.
In fact, the cases of child marriage are continuously increasing in the country, if we talk about the last five years only, there has been an increase of more than 222% in the cases of child marriage. Child marriages are taking place on a large scale in Hindu, Muslim as well as Christian, Jain and other religions.
condition of girls worse
If we look at the data of National Family Health Survey-V (NFHS 2019-21), the condition of girls in the country is clearly getting worse, according to the report, 23.3 percent women in the age group of 20 to 24 in the country confess that He was married even before he became an adult. Apart from this, the figures of NCRB 2021 are even more surprising, these figures show that every day 34 girls and girls are forcibly abducted for marriage.
Most of the child marriages are happening among Muslims.
According to NFHS 2019-21, 26% of Muslim girls are becoming victims of child marriage, in case of Hindus this figure is 23%, besides this 15% of Christian girls and 12% of other community girls are being child married. If we talk about caste, then maximum 26% girls of SCST are getting child married. This figure is 22% in OBC and 18% girls of general category are becoming victims of child marriage.
222% increased cases
According to the report of NCRB, there has been an increase of 222% in the statistics of child marriage in the last five years. Of these, 326 cases were reported in 2016, 395 in 2017, 501 in 2018, 523 in 2019, 785 in 2020 and 1050 in 2021. These are the cases which were registered, apart from this there are many cases which were never registered.
Karnataka tops – Assam at number two
Talking about the figures of NCRB from 2016 to 2022, the highest number of 757 cases of child marriage have been registered in Karnataka, second is Assam, where 577 cases have been reported, Tamil Nadu is third with 469 cases and fourth At number one is West Bengal with 431 cases. It is followed by Telangana 220, Maharashtra 201, Odisha 164, Haryana 139 and Andhra Pradesh 103.
Owaisi and Maulana Badruddin raised questions
There has been opposition to the crackdown on child marriage in Assam, Chief of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has also raised questions on this action, he has said that child marriage should not happen, this is the right thing. Yes, but what the government is doing, this method is not right. He even alleged that Muslims are being targeted on the pretext of this action. Apart from this, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has also opposed this, he has said that what will be done with the girls who have been married. Owaisi has also made allegations of action against Muslims.
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