Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said that after the legal review of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft which will soon be submitted by the committee, the government will move towards the implementation process.
"In view of UCC, this visit of the Chief Minister to Delhi is considered very important, because yesterday, retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the chairman of the committee on UCC, said that the draft of the committee regarding UCC has been prepared," said the officials.
"Kerala CM is trying to divide the people on communal lines. He should desist from such moves, UCC is something that the Courts have been asking for and UCC is for the welfare of every citizen of the country. The Uniform Civil Code will ensure that equality of rights," Muraleedharan said.
"We have said that whenever Uniform Civil Code comes, we will support it. Congress party has always contributed towards taking unity and integrity forward," said Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh.
Former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform the country of the proposal for the Uniform Civil Code( UCC). He also opined that Uttarakhkand's Civil Code cannot be implemented across the country.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis have reached Buldhana Civil Hospital to meet the injured in the Buldhana bus accident. Before reaching the hospital, they inspected the site of the accident in which 25 people died and eight sustained injuries.
"Pinarayi Vijayan's goal is the polarisation of Muslims. No Muslim parent will accept a triple talaq. Likewise, no Muslim parent will accept discrimination against girls in property rights," said the Kerala BJP state president.
Under the Sagarmala programme, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is developing a National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC), a world-class facility at Lothal, Gujarat.
Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha on Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for harassing the opposition using central agencies.
Amid the row over the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing the minority welfare budget by 40 per cent and claimed that Muslim upper caste (UC) people are
Even as Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday scotched rumours of his resignation in light of the persisting civil unrest in the state, the Congress's Bihar chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh demanded that he step down or be removed by the BJP if he fails to do so.