Uniform Civil Code, is that the Hindu nationalist ideology which drove those campaigns made it harder to achieve a minimally representative consensus on gender-agnostic family laws for all. The BJP faces a choice.
Its UCC campaign could turn on a Hindu-Muslim axis, as in the past. Or, with its rightist vote base secure, it could plainly promote justice under its “sakba saath" slogan.
For a start, any Indian couple above age who wish to marry should legally be able to. Right now, hetero-norms on gender prevail in law. Inclusivity in family formation should precede a debate on what’s unjust within families.
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