Uttarakhand government plans special Assembly session amid buzz over UCC Bill, quota hike

Uttarakhand government plans special Assembly session amid buzz over UCC Bill, quota hike

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. | Photo Credit: ANI The Uttarakhand government is planning to call a special Assembly session in the second half of this month, during which it intends to pass one of two much-awaited Bills — either the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), or a proposal for 10% horizontal reservation for statehood agitators and … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: TDP will never work against interests of Muslims, asserts Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh: TDP will never work against interests of Muslims, asserts Chandrababu Naidu

TDP national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said his party will stand by the Muslims with regard to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which is likely to be tabled as a Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 20. “The TDP will never work against the sentiments of the … Read more

Riyas accuses Congress leaders of trying to sabotage UCC seminar

Riyas accuses Congress leaders of trying to sabotage UCC seminar

Minister for Public Works and Tourism P. A. Mohamed Riyas has said that some Congress leaders were sleeping agents of the BJP, and that they made deliberate attempts to sabotage the national seminar against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) held in Kozhikode on Saturday. He was speaking to reporters in Kozhikode on Sunday. He accused … Read more

In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta

In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta

On July 3, officials from the Law Ministry, informed a parliamentary standing committee headed by BJP MP Sushil Modi that they are awaiting the 22nd Law Commission report to proceed with their process on uniform civil code. Law Commission Member-Secretary Khetrabasi Biswal said on since June 14, the commission published a public notice inviting feedback … Read more

RSS’s tribal body welcome Sushil Kumar Modi’s suggestion to keep the tribal community out of Uniform Civil Code

RSS’s tribal body welcome Sushil Kumar Modi’s suggestion to keep the tribal community out of Uniform Civil Code

BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKS) a tribal body affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), on July 9 said that it welcomes the ‘role’ of BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, to keep the tribes out of Uniform Civil Code (UCC). … Read more

Move to introduce Uniform Civil Code a bluff, linked to Hindu Rashtra: Amartya Sen

Move to introduce Uniform Civil Code a bluff, linked to Hindu Rashtra: Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen during an interaction with students of Visva-Bharati University at his ancestral home ‘Pratichi’, at Santiniketan in Birbhum district on July 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday said that attempts to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) were a ‘bluff’. He posed a question, asking who … Read more

Pushkar Singh Dhami meets PM Modi, says UCC to be implemented soon

Pushkar Singh Dhami meets PM Modi, says UCC to be implemented soon

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Dhami said he has invited the PM to visit Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: ANI As Uttarakhand works to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday and said a common code will soon be implemented in the state, even as … Read more

Uniform Civil Code can’t be forced on people by agenda-driven majoritarian govt: Chidambaram

Uniform Civil Code can’t be forced on people by agenda-driven majoritarian govt: Chidambaram

A day after PM Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code, Congress leader P. Chidambaram said it cannot be forced on people by an “agenda-driven majoritarian government” | file photo | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress … Read more

BJP releases manifesto for Himachal polls; implementation of UCC, 8 lakh employment opportunities among 11 commitments 

BJP releases manifesto for Himachal polls; implementation of UCC, 8 lakh employment opportunities among 11 commitments 

The saffron party also promised five new medical colleges in the State and 33% reservation for women in government jobs The saffron party also promised five new medical colleges in the State and 33% reservation for women in government jobs BJP president J.P. Nadda on Sunday released the party’s manifesto for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls … Read more

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami promises Uniform Civil Code, other BJP Netas back him

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Ahead of assembly elections, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has promised a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the state if the BJP is voted back to power, putting the issue once again under the spotlight for the ruling party at the Centre. The statement comes amid the raging Hijab row in Karnataka, which has … Read more