JD(U) refuses to give its nod to Uniform Civil Code
Patna,(BiharTimes): Insisting that the enforcement of Uniform Civil Code in the absence of a consensus will create “social discord” the Janata Dal (United) has refused to give its consent to it. It suggested that consensus be first arrived at on the issue through debate in Parliament, state assemblies and other fora.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is also JD(U)’s national president, wrote a letter to the Law Commission’s chairman Justice B S Chauhan as well as the Union government apprising them of the party’s views.
The Commission, according to him, should not act in haste to implement the UCC.
“In any case, imposition of UCC without forming consensus among the various religious groups, especially the minorities, will create a situation of social discord and lead to erosion of faith in the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion,” the letter said.
“It is desirable that the whole idea of scrapping various personal laws and replacing the same with a UCC is first put to debate in detail in Parliament as well as legislative assemblies of states and other forums in the civil society before the Centre thinks of going ahead with formulation of UCC,” it said.
It needs to be recalled that the state government had formally written to the Law Commission in this regard after getting the state cabinet’s nod on January 10.
