Uniform Civil Code is political exercise aimed to take way focus of debate from key issues: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
Narendra Modi's lead government at the Centre for proposing the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi called UCC a political exercise aimed to divert the course of debate away from key issues like poverty, unemployment and inflation. Owaisi's response came while addressing media at Hyderabad on Friday as he submitted party's response to the Law Commission along with the retired Judge Gopala Gowda's legal opinion on the subject.
Asaduddin Owaisi stated that «While the present notification of the 22nd Law Commission dated June 14, 2023, has solicited views and ideas on the issue of a Uniform Civil Code, however, the notification of the Law Commission does not put forth any proposal for comment, but merely refers back to the prior notifications of the 21st Law Commission.» «It is no mere coincidence that it is almost exactly 5 years since the last exercise undertaken by the Law Commission to examine the subject of a 'Uniform Civil Code'. Like clockwork, every time general elections are a few months away, the government led by the Bhartiya Janata Party rakes up the issue of UCC and tries to vitiate the atmosphere and polarise the electorate in the run-up to the elections,» he said.
He stated that Justice Chauhan who chaired the 21st Law Commission after the Consultation Paper specifically stated that «a uniform civil code is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage». The 22nd Law Commission does not even state what Uniform Civil Code is.
In the tenor of debates in the Constituent Assembly, one of the proposals of BR Ambedkar was that the Parliament may make the Uniform Civil Code optional and it would be available to persons who wish to opt out of their personal laws. There is a
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