In the absence of a draft law or a concrete proposal on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Congress in its meeting of the Parliamentary strategy group has decided, according to the sources, to refrain from responding to the “dog whistle” on the subject by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr. Modi on June 28, addressing a meeting of BJP’s booth-level workers in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, asserted that the country ”could not run with the dual system of separate laws for separate communities”.
Briefing the reporters at the end of the meeting, party’s general secretary (Communication), Jairam Ramesh, stated, “On 15th June, the party had issued a statement on the subject. Nothing new has happened between 15th June to 1st July, therefore we reiterate that statement.” He pointed out that so far, the government has not taken a concrete step in that direction and that there was no draft Bill in the public domain.
