Speaking during a visit to Basti district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, Assam CM said the UCC should be implemented nationwide to address issues arising from different personal laws.
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across India, arguing that Muslim women are among those most affected by the absence of a common legal framework governing personal matters such as marriage and polygamy.
Speaking during a visit to Basti district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, Assam CM said the UCC should be implemented nationwide to address issues arising from different personal laws; he maintained that a common law was necessary to deal with practices such as polygamy.
“The UCC has already been notified in Assam and should be implemented nationwide,” he said.
The Chief Minister was visiting Teliyajot village in Basti to offer condolences to the family of BJP national general secretary Harish Dwivedi following the death of Dwivedi’s mother. Sarma paid floral tributes to her portrait and conveyed his sympathies to the bereaved family.
During the visit, he also responded to criticism of the BJP by Congress and other opposition parties amid protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demands for a change of government.
“Power comes through votes, not through strong-arm tactics,” he said. Referring to Bangladesh and Nepal, he said those advocating such methods should examine developments in the two neighbouring countries.
Sarma also claimed that between 5,000 and 10,000 people had participated in a protest in Delhi.
Separately, the Assam Chief Minister expressed grief over the stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. He said the government had taken immediate note of the incident and arranged medical treatment for the injured, while steps were being taken to prevent similar incidents.
Sarma travelled by road from Ayodhya to Dwivedi’s residence in Basti. His remarks on the UCC come amid continuing political debate over the proposed common civil law and its implications for personal laws across religious communities.