The Syro Malabar Catholic
Church in Kerala on Sunday welcomed the Narendra Modi government's pitch for a
Uniform Civil Code in the country.
Addressing reporters
here, Cardinal Maran Mar George Alencherry said that he welcomes the decision
of the central government to go ahead with it.
"This should take
place through discussions and a consensus should emerge as ours is a hugely
diverse country," said the Cardinal.
The Uniform Civil Code is
intended to replace personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each
major religious community in India with a common set governing every citizen.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party in its 2014 parliamentary election manifesto had promised the Uniform
Civil Code.
But Leader of Opposition
in the Kerala Assembly and former Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala told
reporters on Sunday that the Uniform Civil Code will spell the deathknell of
the nation's secular fabric.
"With the upcoming
Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, this is a ploy, but this is going to place
people on different decks. This is an agenda of the RSS that the BJP government
is trying to implement and it will cause serious repercussions," he said.
But BJP's state unit
chief Kummanem Rajasekheran on Sunday said those who oppose the Uniform Civil
Code are those who stand against the growth of the country.
"It's rather strange
that some oppose even a discussion which is mooted on UCC. It appears that the
Indian Union Muslim League is still living in the days of the Partition and it
is unfortunate that the Congress party is supporting them. This is not meant to
force the Hindu ideology on others," said Rajasekharan in a press release
issued in the state capital.
The Union Law Ministry
has asked the Law Commission to examine the issue of implementation of a
Uniform Civil Code.
Courtesy: IANS
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