Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated that the Uniform Civil Code will be implemented soon in the state hours after the state cabinet approved the UCC manual.
Dhami told ANI, “Our resolve was to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state. We had promised the people of the state that after the BJP government is formed in the state, a committee will be formed to implement the Uniform Civil Code. The state cabinet has approved the act and soon the Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in the state making Uttarakhand the first state after independence to implement UCC.”
A cabinet meeting was held on Monday at the State Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, where the cabinet approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) manual.
The approval follows a thorough scrutiny by the legislative Department, which had already reviewed the manual.
CM Dhami earlier said in the day that his government kept the promises made before the 2022 elections.
“We had promised the people of Uttarakhand in 2022 that we would bring the UCC Bill as soon as our government was formed. We brought it. The draft committee drafted it, it was passed, the President approved it and it became an act. The process of training is also almost complete… After analysing everything, we will announce the dates soon,” Dhami said to media persons after the meeting.
The BJP government introduced the UCC Bill during a special session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on February 6 this year and it was passed with a comfortable majority a day later on February 7.
Following the Uttarakhand Assembly, the UCC Bill was passed in February, and President Droupadi Murmu signed it on March 13, paving the way for Uttarakhand to potentially enact the UCC.
The Uniform Civil Code seeks to establish a set of uniform personal laws that apply to all citizens, regardless of religion, gender, or caste. This would cover aspects such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, and succession. (ANI)
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