AAP, Shiv Sena (UBT) offer conditional support for Uniform Civil Code

The Aam Aadmi Party and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Wednesday expressed support for a Uniform Civil Code for all Indians but with conditions, reported The Hindu.

A Uniform Civil Code involves a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all Indians. Now, Indians follow personal laws specific to the religion to which they belong. The aim of such uniformity is to ensure equality and justice for women in particular, who are often denied their rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance under patriarchal personal laws, the Bharatiya Janata Party claims.

The support from the two parties, which had attended the Opposition meeting in Patna to discuss an anti-Bhartiya Janata Party front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, came two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Muslims in India are being instigated to oppose the Uniform Civil Code even though the Supreme Court has advocated for it.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut said that his party has historically supported the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code.

“We support the idea of Uniform Civil Code,” Raut told The Hindu on Wednesday. “Though, Prime Minister Modi’s latest campaign is a political stunt aimed at the next general elections and not a sincere exercise to bring the UCC [Uniform Civil Code]. In...

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