The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] does not perceive the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as one affecting Muslims alone, party Kozhikode district secretary P. Mohanan has claimed.
Addressing the media here on Tuesday, he said if that was the case, the party would not have invited leaders of Christian congregations, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes to the national seminar being organised in Kozhikode on July 15.
Mr. Mohanan said that Mar Remigios Inchananiyil, Bishop of the Thamarassery Diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Rev. T.I. James of the Church of South India, Punnala Sreekumar of the Kerala Pulayar Mahasabha, O.R. Kelu of the Adivasi Kshema Samithi, and P. Ramabhadran of the Kerala Dalit Federation would attend the event to be held at the Calicut Trade Centre in Kozhikode city. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury would open the seminar on Saturday evening.
