Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that women receiving benefits under the ‘ Lakhpati Baideo ‘ scheme should limit their families to three children, revising the state’s earlier two-child policy.

Speaking at a public event in Nagaon under the Mahila Udyamita Asoni (Women Empowerment Scheme), CM Sarma said, “Our Lakhpoti Baideos should maintain the birth rate at three, not more than that. Earlier, we said two children are enough, but now we’ve increased it to three as our population has become a minority."

The Chief Minister further stated that women seeking benefits under the scheme must follow the three-child limit. He raised concern over what he called a “demographic imbalance", warning that the Hindu community was becoming a minority in several parts of A

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