Now Modi’s next target is the Uniform Civil Code?

Modi has started fulfilling his electoral agenda after he comes to power for the second time, in this regards two dates have been registered in this matter with great importance. These dates are — 5 August and 9 November.

On August 5, the Government of India decided to divide Jammu and Kashmir into two parts. Along with this, the major provisions of Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir were also neutralized. READ MORE

After this, on November 9, the Supreme Court gave its verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ram temple dispute, one of the most controversial cases of old and Indian history. The Supreme Court, in its decision, said that the disputed land should be given to the Hindu side. READ MORE

With the decision of the Supreme-Court, the way of construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya was cleared.

There is a stir in political circles as to what is the new goal in the agenda of the Modi government. Now the government can make a law to fulfil its big election promise.

Many political analysts say that the bill related to the Uniform Civil Code will be at the forefront of the Modi government’s next agenda.

Apart from this, implementing NRC and making citizenship law in the entire country is also included in the main agenda of the BJP government.

Political analyst Rajiv Kumar, who keeps a close watch on BJP politics, says that the three major agendas of BJP were Ayodhya, Article 370 and Uniform Civil Code. Work on two of these is almost done and now BJPwill start it’s work on Uniform Civil Code.

But Rajiv believes that even before the Uniform Civil Code, the government would like to work on NRC and Citizenship Bill.

He says, “In the coming winter the session, the government can introduce NRC and citizenship bill because of the government has already done a lot of work on this issue and the party is very serious on both these issues.”

After this, Rajiv says that the Modi government is also serious about the Uniform Civil Code, but for that, they will have to take public consent.

Uniform Civil Code means the Uniform Civil Code means the same civil law for all citizens of the country, irrespective of any religion or sect.

In the Uniform Civil Code, the same law is applicable for all religions even in matters like marriage, divorce and division of property.

At present, under the Indian Constitution, the law has been broadly divided into two parts, Civil and Criminal.

The law is called civil law for matters related to marriage, property, succession, or family-related person.

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav had said a few months ago that the Modi government is committed to bringing a uniform civil code.

Not only this, in the first session of the current Lok Sabha, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has raised the demand to implement uniform civil code in the country.

However, Rajiv believes that it will not be so easy to implement. He explains, “The biggest problem in making this bill will be that different religions have their own laws in matters like marriage and property.” Uniting all those rules may harm many communities, some may also benefit. In such a situation, it will be very difficult to make adjustments to bring everyone on par. ‘’

Rajiv believes that the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code for the Government will be a more difficult challenge than ending Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.

He explains, “Removing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir was a kind of administrative work that the government has done in its own way but in this case the beliefs of different religions are attached, so it will not be so easy to end them.”

Implementing the Uniform Civil Code in the constitution states the responsibility of the state (both the Center and the state) under Article 44.

On this issue, senior lawyers and law experts say, “When it comes to the Uniform Civil Code, there are two aspects to it. First, the same law between all religions. Second, the same law among all communities of those religions.”

They say, “This is a complex process for which the Directive Principal (Directive Principles of Policy) of the Constitution mentions that in the coming times we will try in the direction of a uniform civil code. But in that direction, no big step till date Has not been raised. “

According to law experts, “The Uniform Civil Code is linked only to Hindus and Muslims. While Muslims have different provisions for marriage and succession. On the other hand, there are many communities within Hindus which have many different contradictions. ‘’

“There is the talk of the objection of Muslims or Christians, but in India, there are many types of communities, different classes, traditions.” Therefore, if there is any flaw in the rituals of any community, then there will be an objection to the implementation of a kind of civil law. “

The BJP government has implemented the National Citizenship Register i.e. NRC in the northeastern state of Assam.

Now such a demand is arising that the government can implement NRC across the country. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has also spoken about implementing NRC in his state. Whether NRC can be implemented across the country, Rajiv says, “The government will not have any problem in implementing NRC across the country, but the government says that they have implemented NRC on the instructions of the Supreme Court in Assam Whereas they want to bring citizenship bill before implementing it in the whole country.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill provides for the granting of Indian citizenship to the minority communities of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

But people belonging to the Muslim community of neighbouring countries are excluded from its purview. The bill provides that if people from non-Muslim communities spend six years in India, then they will be able to gain citizenship easily.

Rajiv says that according to the current government there is no country other than India for Hindus.

He says, “The government believes that if there is atrocity with Hindus living in another country and they have to leave that country, then the only country for them in this condition is India.” They will come to India only. If such people want citizenship of India and apply for it, they should be given citizenship of India.

Then why does the government exclude Muslims in this matter. In response to this, Rajiv explains that according to BJP and their associates in the government, Muslims never come to India from other countries because of persecution, they come to India only for other reasons.

The Modi government has also made laws on triple talaq in its second term. Government has also passed bills like NIA, RTI, UAPA in the first parliamentary session.

The Modi government is seen to be quickly ending the major issues involved in its agenda. In such a situation, the question arises whether the government would like to fulfil the uniform civil code now or will she maintain an issue to woo her vote bank in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Experts believe that at present, the biggest challenge before the government is the rising figures of sluggishness and unemployment of the economy.

Rajiv says, “Article 370 can be called a step taken by the government, but the Ayodhya case has been completed by the Supreme Court. Therefore, the biggest challenge before the government is to rectify the bad condition of the economy and correct the unemployment figures.

Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.