Hyderabad: All Indian Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisa on Friday criticized the government’s decision Narendra Modi to increase the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
He said when the 18-year-old man and women signed a contract, arranging business, choosing Prime Minister and Choosing MPS and MLA, why they could not marry at that age.
Owaici in a series of tweets stated that “this is a typical paternalism that we have expected from the government.
Both men and women must be allowed to marry legally at the age of 18 when they are treated as adults by law for all other purposes.” He showed that in many countries Part of the US, the age of marriage is as low as 14.
In the United Kingdom and Canada, it’s 16.
“If Modi is sincere, it will focus on increasing economic opportunities for women.
But India is the only country where women’s participation in the workforce is reduced.
It fell to 16% in 2020 from 26% in 2005.
“Owaisa further tweets:” Instead, the MOD government acts like Uncle Mohalla.
Deciding what we eat, who / when we get married, what we worship, etc.
Ironically, The government proposes 18 as an age of approval in data bills.
If an 18-year-old child can choose how their data is used, why they are not DAP At choosing their spouse (Sic).
“He said that the marriage of a rampant child in the country despite the law.” Every fourth woman in India married before being 18 years old but only 785 criminal cases of marriage children were recorded.
If the child’s marriage has been reduced from before, it was due to education & economic progress, not a criminal law.
“” There are 12 million children who are married before they even turned 10.
And 84% of Hindu families and only 11% of Muslims.
This shows the fact that the social reform and government initiatives in education and human development are very important to prevent children’s marriage, “Owieisi tweeted.
He asked what the government had done to improve education for girls and allege 79% of RS 446 crore budgets’ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao ‘spent on advertising.