UCC concern: BJP seeks to divide folks, unfold hatred, says Congress

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP on the Uniform Civil Code concern, alleging that it seeks to divide folks and unfold hatred, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful pitch for bringing the widespread code.

On Tuesday, Modi in Bhopal had made a powerful pitch for UCC and mentioned Muslims are being instigated over the delicate concern.

UCC pertains to a typical regulation pertaining to marriage, divorce, inheritance, upkeep and succession of property for all residents.

This isn’t a UCC, however a “DCC – Dividing Civil Code” that seeks to divide the nation’s politics, Congress spokesperson Meem Afzal mentioned and added that the “UCC is not the agenda, rather the agenda is to divide the people of the country”.

“The issue is to divide politics and people and spread hatred among them. Even the prime minister is naming a particular section of people, whereas this issue is not of one section. This is an issue of every section, every religion and every language. If you are doing some work, it should be acceptable to all,” he mentioned.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari additionally mentioned in line with his understanding of the regulation, “review of personal laws means a review of existing personal laws” and “the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is not law as yet”.

“To put UCC under the same rubric of existing laws may be or is a bit of a stretch,” he mentioned.

Opposition events have termed the transfer as one aimed toward polarising society forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Kerala Chief Minister and senior CPI-M chief Pinarayi Vijayan alleged that the BJP’s “electoral agenda” is behind raking up the difficulty of UCC and urged the central authorities to withdraw from implementing the code.

In a press release, he mentioned the Centre’s transfer can solely be seen as a plan to implement the “majority communal agenda of ‘one nation, one culture’ by wiping out the cultural diversity of the country”.

“The Central Government and the Law Commission should withdraw from the move to impose the Uniform Civil Code,” Vijayan mentioned.

BJP’s ally in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, mentioned it supported Balasaheb Thackeray’s imaginative and prescient of “one nation, one law” and appealed to the Centre to carry a dialogue on UCC in Parliament’s Monsoon Session.

During a press convention on the primary anniversary of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis authorities in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief and Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Shewale, declared his social gathering’s full assist to a UCC.

He was accompanied by MPs Hemant Patil and Krupal Tumane.

He urged Chief Minister Shinde to get a decision handed in assist of UCC within the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature and ship it to the Centre to let it know Maharashtra’s stand on the difficulty.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned UCC will quickly be applied in his state.

He tweeted this after a committee of consultants arrange by the state authorities introduced a draft is prepared.

He mentioned that “as per the promise made to the people of the state, today on June 30, the committee formed to prepare the draft of the Uniform Civil Code has completed its work”.

“Soon Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in Devbhoomi Uttarakhand,” Dhami mentioned within the tweet in Hindi.

Earlier within the day, Supreme Court Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, who heads the panel, advised a press convention in Delhi that the draft of the proposed UCC for Uttarakhand is prepared and would quickly be submitted to the state authorities.

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP on the Uniform Civil Code concern, alleging that it seeks to divide folks and unfold hatred, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful pitch for bringing the widespread code.

On Tuesday, Modi in Bhopal had made a powerful pitch for UCC and mentioned Muslims are being instigated over the delicate concern.

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This isn’t a UCC, however a “DCC – Dividing Civil Code” that seeks to divide the nation’s politics, Congress spokesperson Meem Afzal mentioned and added that the “UCC is not the agenda, rather the agenda is to divide the people of the country”.

“The issue is to divide politics and people and spread hatred among them. Even the prime minister is naming a particular section of people, whereas this issue is not of one section. This is an issue of every section, every religion and every language. If you are doing some work, it should be acceptable to all,” he mentioned.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari additionally mentioned in line with his understanding of the regulation, “review of personal laws means a review of existing personal laws” and “the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is not law as yet”.

“To put UCC under the same rubric of existing laws may be or is a bit of a stretch,” he mentioned.

Opposition events have termed the transfer as one aimed toward polarising society forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Kerala Chief Minister and senior CPI-M chief Pinarayi Vijayan alleged that the BJP’s “electoral agenda” is behind raking up the difficulty of UCC and urged the central authorities to withdraw from implementing the code.

In a press release, he mentioned the Centre’s transfer can solely be seen as a plan to implement the “majority communal agenda of ‘one nation, one culture’ by wiping out the cultural diversity of the country”.

“The Central Government and the Law Commission should withdraw from the move to impose the Uniform Civil Code,” Vijayan mentioned.

BJP’s ally in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, mentioned it supported Balasaheb Thackeray’s imaginative and prescient of “one nation, one law” and appealed to the Centre to carry a dialogue on UCC in Parliament’s Monsoon Session.

During a press convention on the primary anniversary of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis authorities in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief and Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Shewale, declared his social gathering’s full assist to a UCC.

He was accompanied by MPs Hemant Patil and Krupal Tumane.

He urged Chief Minister Shinde to get a decision handed in assist of UCC within the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature and ship it to the Centre to let it know Maharashtra’s stand on the difficulty.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned UCC will quickly be applied in his state.

He tweeted this after a committee of consultants arrange by the state authorities introduced a draft is prepared.

He mentioned that “as per the promise made to the people of the state, today on June 30, the committee formed to prepare the draft of the Uniform Civil Code has completed its work”.

“Soon Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in Devbhoomi Uttarakhand,” Dhami mentioned within the tweet in Hindi.

Earlier within the day, Supreme Court Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, who heads the panel, advised a press convention in Delhi that the draft of the proposed UCC for Uttarakhand is prepared and would quickly be submitted to the state authorities.