Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that his government will issue the first batch of firearm licences in February 2026 to indigenous people living in ''vulnerable and remote'' areas.

He claimed that an economic shift is taking place in Assam, with Muslims becoming more prosperous and this could mean that ''surrender of Assamese people has begun''.

Sarma also said that the state cabinet has approved a Bill to ban the practice of polygamy, for which convicts may face up to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.

Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting here, Sarma said the authorities have received ''a lot'' of applications for firearm licences from the indigenous people and are currently scrutinising those.

The government will give the licences very selec

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