The parliamentary committee meeting was held today under the chairmanship of BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi. In which he advocated keeping the tribals of North East and other areas out of its purview in the event of Uniform Civil Code . At the same time, members of some opposition parties questioned the Law Commission’s move to initiate consultations on this contentious issue.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, are said to have linked the emphasis on UCC to the Lok Sabha elections

In that meeting, members of most of the opposition parties including Congress, DMK linked the emphasis on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the next Lok Sabha elections. In the meeting, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that many countries have uniform civil code and also asked to pay attention to the concerns of different regions and communities. Raut also raised questions regarding the timing of starting the process of consultation on this subject.

Congress MP raised questions on Law Commission’s move

Congress MP Vivek Tankha and DMK MP P Wilson submitted separate written statements questioning the Law Commission’s move to invite suggestions from the public and other stakeholders on the UCC. Tankha and Wilson said that regarding the reform of family law 33 August method Have seen the discussion paper of the commission and it has been said that UCC is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage.

) DMK MP asked, what 15Want to downvote th Law Commission’s discussion paper? DMK MP and another member of the committee P. Wilson said in his tweet, today before the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Justice, I asked the chairman of the committee, Sushil Modi, to conduct a public consultation on the Uniform Civil Code before the Law Commission. Handed over the letter regarding He said that he was surprised that when the Supreme Court headed by a retired judge 33 th Law Commission had got a detailed study done and had concluded that UCC is not desirable, then the present Law Commission is insisting on reopening the issue and further deliberations. Wilson asked if they want to downvote th Law Commission’s discussion paper?

Uniform Civil Code is the election issue of BJP It has been one of the major election issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while advocating strongly for Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Bhopal recently, asked how the country would run with a dual system? He had said that Muslims are being instigated on this sensitive issue.

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Mon, Jul 3, 2023, 9: 45 PM IST