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New Delhi: The Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said that Uniform Civil Code figured in the BJP manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the party makes such a mention when it feels that the proposal can be implemented.
Speaking with the media Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the UCC was being implemented in Goa and Uttarakhand has enacted a law for its implementation.
He also said that the UCC was a part of BJP’s manifesto, no doubt about it. We take up things in the manifesto when we think it is possible. States also worked on it. It was already implemented in Goa and Uttarakhand passed the act. The matter is pending with the Law Commission of India, other states are also interested.
The terms of reference of the 23rd Law Commission, which was constituted earlier this year, included the Uniform Civil Code.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said earlier this month in Parliament that the government was exerting its force to have a “secular civil code”.
He made the remarks in Lok Sabha during his speech in a debate marking 75 years of India’s constitution.
He shared there is a burning issue I wish to discuss, and that is the Uniform Civil Code! This topic was not overlooked by the Constituent Assembly either. The Constituent Assembly engaged in lengthy and in-depth discussions about the Uniform Civil Code. After rigorous debates, they decided that it would be better for whichever government is elected in the future to take a decision on this matter and implement the Uniform Civil Code in the country.
This was a directive from the Constituent Assembly, and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar himself had said so. However, those who neither understand the Constitution nor the country, and have read nothing beyond their hunger for power, are unaware of what Babasaheb had actually said. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had strongly advocated for the abolition of personal laws that were based on religious grounds.
“During the debates of that era, K.M. Munshi, a prominent member of the Constituent Assembly, emphasized that the Uniform Civil Code was essential for the unity and modernity of the nation. The Supreme Court, too, on multiple occasions, has stated the necessity of implementing a Uniform Civil Code in the country at the earliest and has even directed governments to work towards it. Keeping in mind the spirit of the Constitution and the sentiments of the Constitution’s framers, we are fully committed and working with all our strength towards establishing a secular civil code,” PM Modi added.
