Uniform Civil Code cannot be pressured on folks via agenda-driven majoritarian executive: Chidambaram

The previous Union minister claimed the high minister used to be batting for UCC to divert folks's consideration from problems with unemployment, value upward thrust and hate crimes.

NEW DELHI: An afternoon after Top Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress chief P Chidambaram stated it can’t be pressured on folks via an “agenda-driven majoritarian govt” as it is going to “widen divisions” amongst folks.

The previous Union minister claimed the high minister used to be batting for UCC to divert folks’s consideration from problems with unemployment, value upward thrust and hate crimes. He additionally alleged the BJP used to be the usage of UCC to polarise the society.

“The Hon’ble PM is making it seem that UCC is a straightforward workout. He must learn the file of the final Regulation Fee that identified it used to be no longer possible at the moment. The country is split nowadays owing to the phrases and deeds of the BJP. A UCC imposed at the folks will simplest widen the divisions,” Chidambaram stated.

Noting {that a} Uniform Civil Code is an aspiration, the senior Congress chief stated, “It can’t be pressured at the folks via an agenda-driven majoritarian govt.”

“The Hon’ble PM’s robust pitch for UCC is meant to divert consideration from inflation, unemployment, hate crimes, discrimination and denying states’ rights. The folk should be vigilant,” he stated on Twitter.

The Hon’ble PM has equated a Country to a Circle of relatives whilst pitching for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

Whilst in an summary sense his comparability might seem true, the truth may be very other

A circle of relatives is knit in combination via blood relationships. A country is introduced in combination via a…

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) June 28, 2023

Chidambaram alleged that having failed in just right governance, the BJP used to be deploying the UCC to polarise the citizens and try to win the following elections.

“The PM has equated a country to a circle of relatives whilst pitching for UCC. Whilst in an summary sense, his comparability might seem true, the truth may be very other. A circle of relatives is knit in combination via blood relationships. A country is introduced in combination via a Charter which is a political-legal record.”

“Even in a circle of relatives, there may be variety. The Charter of India recognised variety and plurality a number of the folks of India,” he stated within the tweet.

Top Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a powerful push for a Uniform Civil Code(UCC), asking how can the rustic serve as with twin rules that govern non-public issues, and accused the Opposition of the usage of the UCC factor to “misinform and galvanize” the Muslim neighborhood.

The UCC has been probably the most 3 key ballot planks of the BJP for a very long time with the opposite being the abrogation of Article 370 which had given particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir and the development of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

UCC refers to a commonplace set of rules which might be appropriate to the entire electorate of India that isn’t in keeping with faith and coping with marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption amongst different non-public issues.

The Regulation Fee had on June 14 initiated a contemporary session procedure on UCC via in the hunt for perspectives from stakeholders, together with public and recognised non secular organisations, at the politically delicate factor.