New Delhi, 28/6: The BJP on Tuesday hit out at the Congress and other Opposition parties for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on the UCC, saying it is there in the Constitution as a directive principle of state policy and there is a Supreme Court “decision” also in this regard.
The Congress attacked Modi after he made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at an event in Bhopal on Tuesday and said he should first talk about poverty, price rise and unemployment in the country. The RJD said the prime minister should not make such issues an instrument of “dog-whistle politics”.
Slamming the Opposition parties, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav said, “This (UCC) is written in our Constitution. In Article 44 of the Constitution, it has been mentioned as the directive principle of state policy. There is a Supreme Court decision also in this regard.”
“There should not be any discrimination. There should not be any discrepancy, Right to Justice should be ensured to everybody, including those who are exploited, deprived and oppressed in society. There should be equality in society,” he told a press conference here.
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