Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday described the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as an ideological issue for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and hinted at the introduction of the UCC at an appropriate time in India’s most populous State.
“Uniform Civil Code is one of the ideological issue of the BJP, it will also come in U.P. at the appropriate time, the BJP government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi abolished Article 370, construction work of grand temple at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi is completed, UCC has come in Uttarakhand,” Mr. Maurya wrote, on X (formerly Twitter).
The statement holds significance amid the introduction of the UCC bill in the Uttarakhand legislative Assembly by the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday amid chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and ‘Vande Mataram’. Uttarakhand is getting closer to becoming the first Indian State to implement the UCC as part of law.
