A national Sikh conclave held here on Friday formed an 11-member committee to confer with the government on the Uniform Civil Code to ensure the community's rights and practices are not tinkered with
The Law Commission on Friday cautioned people against fraudulent WhatsApp messages and calls in its name pertaining to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
'They (BJP-led NDA at the Centre) want to impose the UCC and use it against the non-BJP states. Those opposing it are being threatened with CBI, ED, and IT raids'
BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad noted at a press conference that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has been a part of the ruling party's manifesto
In a letter to the Law Commission, Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani said that this issue is not just related to Muslims but to all Indians
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday claimed that the Uniform Civil Code is a difficult issue and efforts are on to make it easy
Be it Sikh, Christian, tribal or any other community, everyone has their separate culture and traditions, he added
UCC is not an issue of Muslims, it is of all people. We will unite all people against it and fight legally and politically,' said Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) state president
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that the time has come for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as envisaged by the founding fathers of the Constitution
"He knows all about the provisions of UCC. It is his thought that UCC should be implemented in the country," Dhami said
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RLD's alliance partner Samajwadi Party has slammed the government over UCC
He urged other members to discuss discriminatory laws related to polygamy, divorce and maintenance, adoption and property rights of women where they were more likely to reach a consensus
It was also pointed out in the meeting, sources said, that the central laws are not applicable in some North Eastern states without their concurrence
The standing committee has called representatives of the Law Commission and law ministry on a recent notice issued by the law panel seeking views of stakeholders on the issue of a uniform civil code
Congress claims that Left party was "walking same path" as BJP which was allegedly trying to create communal unrest and divide the people by pushing for implementation of the UCC
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday said her party is not opposed to the idea of a UCC, but does not endorse the way the BJP and its government "seek to implement it in the country"
He said that the Congress party will decide its stand on UCC after party-level strategy meeting
He said since there is nothing extra during the last 15 days on the matter, the party has nothing to add on it as of now