The Constitution recognises diversity and plurality among the people of India and therefore, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in its present form, is against the idea of India, the Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has said in a letter to the 22nd Law Commission, which sought public opinion on the UCC a couple of weeks ago.
The CNTC, representing three of the major tribes of the State — the Ao, Lotha, and Sumi tribes — wrote to the Member-Secretary of the Law Commission, saying that imposing untested laws “alien to the tribal communities will have severe consequences”.
The population of the Ao, Lotha, and Sumi tribes put together comes up to about seven lakh, as per the 2011 Census.
