Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKS) a tribal body affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), on July 9 said that it welcomes the ‘role’ of BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, to keep the tribes out of Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The VKS also asked the people of tribal community and representatives to write to the Law Commission with suggestions and apprehensions pertaining to safeguarding their customary practices and traditions under the UCC.
Mr Sushil Modi, in a meeting with Law Commission members and colleagues of the parliamentary committee earlier last week had reportedly said that the tribal population in the North-East and other parts of India must be kept out of UCC. He maintained that the same should be considered as the customary traditions of tribal people are very different from other religions and communities living in the country.
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