The Arunachal Government has admitted that the incidents of polygyny, child and forced marriages have assumed an alarming proportion in Arunachal Pradesh. ... A section of educated, rich and powerful seemed to have perpetuated them as "status symbol", even as these practices were adversely affecting the tribal society and its human development ... Takam Sanjay ... the Minister of Information and Public Relations ... was ... candid to admit that the State Government did not have yet any clear idea how to deal with these social scourges ...

These customary practices are so widespread among various tribes in Arunachal Pradesh that "no political party dares to talk about these during the various elections, considering the electoral fall out. No party will say that they will bring in legislations to eliminate these social ills ... (Source: The Pioneer, 3 October, 2000)