UCC a political device utilized by BJP to sharpen communal polarisation: Sitaram Yechury
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By PTI
KOZHIKODE: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a political device being utilized by the BJP to sharpen communal polarisation, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned on Saturday.
Uniformity doesn’t imply equality, he pressured, whereas addressing a large gathering attending a nationwide seminar to debate the UCC organised by the Left occasion right here.
Yechury mentioned, legal guidelines which are discriminatory should be corrected in session with the complete neighborhood and never by imposing UCC from the highest.
“Uniformity does not mean equality. The CPI(M) stands for equality like the Constitution of India stands for equality.And it’s that equality that we need to fight for…that everyone of us is first a human being and then everything else follows,” Yechury mentioned.
The CPI(M) chief identified that the twenty first Law Commission, appointed by the Modi authorities, had made it clear that the UCC was “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”.
Yechury mentioned any effort to impose uniformity will tear our social cloth.
“UCC is a slogan that is meant to sharpen communal polarisation and not to actually achieve any uniformity at all…but to be used as a political tool by the BJP for sharpening communal polarisation,” Yechury added.
The seminar is being held on the Calicut Trade Centre close to Sarovaram Biopark.
Many associations of the Muslim neighborhood together with Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and varied Christian communities are attending the occasion.
MPs Elamaram Kareem and Jose Ok Mani, members of the state cabinet like P A Mohammed Riyas, A Ok Saseendran and Ahmed Devarkovil, in addition to varied Christian clergymen and bishops additionally attended the occasion.
KOZHIKODE: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a political device being utilized by the BJP to sharpen communal polarisation, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned on Saturday.
Uniformity doesn’t imply equality, he pressured, whereas addressing a large gathering attending a nationwide seminar to debate the UCC organised by the Left occasion right here.
Yechury mentioned, legal guidelines which are discriminatory should be corrected in session with the complete neighborhood and never by imposing UCC from the highest.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Uniformity does not mean equality. The CPI(M) stands for equality like the Constitution of India stands for equality.And it’s that equality that we need to fight for…that everyone of us is first a human being and then everything else follows,” Yechury mentioned.
The CPI(M) chief identified that the twenty first Law Commission, appointed by the Modi authorities, had made it clear that the UCC was “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”.
Yechury mentioned any effort to impose uniformity will tear our social cloth.
“UCC is a slogan that is meant to sharpen communal polarisation and not to actually achieve any uniformity at all…but to be used as a political tool by the BJP for sharpening communal polarisation,” Yechury added.
The seminar is being held on the Calicut Trade Centre close to Sarovaram Biopark.
Many associations of the Muslim neighborhood together with Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and varied Christian communities are attending the occasion.
MPs Elamaram Kareem and Jose Ok Mani, members of the state cabinet like P A Mohammed Riyas, A Ok Saseendran and Ahmed Devarkovil, in addition to varied Christian clergymen and bishops additionally attended the occasion.
