Urmi Bhattacharjee
Guwahati, May 28: Assam’s proposed Uniform Civil Code is beginning to trigger a very different kind of debate across the state — one...
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said he would reserve his position on the Uniform Civil Code until he sees the actual draft, though he admitted to being “slightly more at comfort” after noting that UCC laws in Uttarakhand and Assam have kept tribal laws out of their ambit.
Urmi Bhattacharjee
Guwahati, May 27: Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam, on Tuesday presented the state’s planned Uniform Civil Code (UCC) not simply as...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would provide social security and a “new lease of independent life” to men and women from minority communities, particularly women whom he claimed had faced oppression for decades.
Following the tabling of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the Assam Assembly on Monday, several Muslim religious and social organisations have urged the BJP-led government to consult minority stakeholders before implementing the proposed legislation.
After Uttarakhand and Gujarat, Assam has become the third state to table a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, with the Assam government introducing the proposed legislation in the state Assembly on Monday.
