December 19, 2024

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Time has come to implement Uniform Civil Cod in nation: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has turn into the most recent BJP-ruled state to be actively contemplating implementing the Uniform Civil Code. Addressing a gathering of tribals in Barwani district on Thursday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated, “I’m of the firm view that UCC should be implemented across the country.”

“Time has come for implementation of the UCC and one wife norm for everyone. Why should there be two sets of legislations/laws in the country. In Madhya Pradesh, I’m forming a committee (to study and implement UCC) and one marriage norm for everyone,” Chouhan stated, whereas addressing the PESA Act new guidelines (carried out just lately in MP) consciousness occasion.

Interestingly, the stage of occasion from which the CM made the announcement, had amongst others, state’s animal husbandry minister Prem Singh Patel, who formally has 4 wives, as declared by him in his ballot nomination affidavit filed throughout 2018 meeting elections.

Many BJP-ruled states, together with Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka, have both shaped committees for implementation of UCC or have supported the thought to implement it. The announcement means that the BJP is prone to make UCC a giant situation forward of 2024 Lok Sabha polls and MP elections due subsequent 12 months. 

Recently when requested about a number of BJP-ruled state governments promising UCC, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh had accused the BJP of simply elevating the difficulty for political benefit forward of elections.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has turn into the most recent BJP-ruled state to be actively contemplating implementing the Uniform Civil Code. Addressing a gathering of tribals in Barwani district on Thursday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated, “I’m of the firm view that UCC should be implemented across the country.”

“Time has come for implementation of the UCC and one wife norm for everyone. Why should there be two sets of legislations/laws in the country. In Madhya Pradesh, I’m forming a committee (to study and implement UCC) and one marriage norm for everyone,” Chouhan stated, whereas addressing the PESA Act new guidelines (carried out just lately in MP) consciousness occasion.

Interestingly, the stage of occasion from which the CM made the announcement, had amongst others, state’s animal husbandry minister Prem Singh Patel, who formally has 4 wives, as declared by him in his ballot nomination affidavit filed throughout 2018 meeting elections.

Many BJP-ruled states, together with Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka, have both shaped committees for implementation of UCC or have supported the thought to implement it. The announcement means that the BJP is prone to make UCC a giant situation forward of 2024 Lok Sabha polls and MP elections due subsequent 12 months. 

Recently when requested about a number of BJP-ruled state governments promising UCC, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh had accused the BJP of simply elevating the difficulty for political benefit forward of elections.