New Delhi: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday announced the roadmap for implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, the first BJP-ruled province to do so.
CM Dhami, took to personal X (formerly Twitter) handle and revealed the details regarding the contentious issue, set to turn into law soon.
He informed that the committee on UCC is set to submit draft report on February 2 and this will set in motion the process for its implementation.
The legislative Assembly session is set to convene from February 5, during which a bill regarding its implementation will be brought.
“We will bring a law in the Assembly and implement soon after passage from the house,”CM Dhami said on X.
CM Dhami has reiterated earlier also that the UCC will bring social harmony and end gender-based discrimination.
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के ‘एक भारत,श्रेष्ठ भारत’ के विजन और चुनाव से पूर्व उत्तराखण्ड की देवतुल्य जनता के समक्ष रखे गए संकल्प एवं उनकी आकांक्षाओं के अनुरूप हमारी सरकार प्रदेश में समान नागरिक संहिता लागू करने हेतु सदैव प्रतिबद्ध रही है।
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— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) January 29, 2024
The UCC remains a polarizing issue between BJP & other rival parties including Congress. BJP asserts it will bring parity & homogeneity across the country while Opposition dubs it as a ‘saffron tactic’to harass minorities.
Notably, the UCC proposes to develop a common framework for all religions and the laws for marriage, divorce, property, inheritance will remain the same for all.
SC judge-led panel prepared report
Notably, a committee led by Supreme court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai along with four other members was formed months ago, to look at the implications of UCC and also study its modalities for implementation.
Desai-led committee was about to submit report on January 26 but it got an extension for some days.
UCC has been a long-held issue of BJP’s electoral manifesto and with Lok Sabha elections 2024 getting closer, the party is set to make it a major poll plank by ‘initiating’its roll-out in the hilly state.
Reports suggest that once the UCC bill gets passed in Uttarakhand, other BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Assam may follow suit.
