Prime Minister Narendra Modi In the worker’s conference organized in Bhopal, he said that the country is in dire need of a Uniform Civil Code because the country cannot run with two laws. Along with this, he also said that it has been mentioned in the constitution of the country that there will be a uniform civil code in the country. As soon as this statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to the fore, there was a stir in the opposition camp. The staunch opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are condemning his statement and saying that he has played this bet to divide the country, he is making statements keeping in view the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Opposition uniting to defeat BJP
Significantly, on June 23, a general meeting of more than 15 opposition parties was held in Patna, in which it has been resolved that the BJP has to be removed from power, so these parties will fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together and field a common candidate against the BJP. will go. Although the opposition has not yet prepared the roadmap for this scheme, but leaders like Nitish Kumar, Lalu Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, Mamta Banerjee, Mehbooba Mufti and Uddhav Thackeray were seen very enthusiastically in the joint press conference. The next meeting is to be held on 14 July.
breach in opposition unity
If it is said that in response to this unity of the opposition, PM Modi has raised the issue of Uniform Civil Code and Pasmanda Muslims, then it will not be wrong. After this bet of the PM, somewhere there has been a dent in the unity of the opposition. On 28 June, the Aam Aadmi Party said that they do not oppose the Uniform Civil Code as it is mentioned in the constitution, but they want it to be implemented only after holding talks with people of all religions. Go At the same time, Shiv Sena has also supported the Uniform Civil Code. The reason for this is clear because one of the issues on which Shiv Sena has been doing its politics is the Common Civil Code. Whereas NCP has decided to remain neutral on this issue. Millions of claims of opposition unity may be made, but it is a fact that its thread is very delicate. There is a crowd of ambitious leaders in the opposition camp regarding the post of Prime Minister. In these circumstances, a little spark can destroy their unity.
When did the common civil code come into discussion
It has been mentioned in Part IV, Article 44 of the Constitution of India that the State shall endeavor to enforce a Uniform Civil Code for the citizens of the entire country. However, the truth is that it was never drafted. But in 1985, when the Shah Bano case came to the fore, there was a lot of discussion about the Uniform Civil Code. Actually Shah Bano was a 62 year old woman, she had five children and her husband had given her triple talaq. She went to the Supreme Court for alimony, at that time the Supreme Court gave a decision in favor of Shah Bano, but the then Congress government took the support of the Parliament to change the decision of the Supreme Court and the decision of the court was changed. Was. At that time there was a lot of discussion about the Uniform Civil Code. The Supreme Court had said in 1985 that Article 44 has become like a dead letter. At the same time, in 2019, the Supreme Court had said that due to different laws of different religions, there is confusion, so if the government wants to bring a common civil code, then it should be brought.