"Even progressive Islamic nations have UCC...": Rajnath Singh stresses need for legislation

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 19 : Stressing that many progressive Islamic nations have a Uniform Civil Code, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday stressed for the need of UCC to be implemented in India.
Rajnath Singh was addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad in support of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, G Kishan Reddy.
Addressing the public meeting, Rajnath Singh said, "Many progressive Islamic countries have a Uniform Civil Code and why not India should have one."
"BJP is the only party in the country that delivers all the promises it made to the people of this country. There is no difference in words and deeds of the party," he added.
G Kishan Reddy, who has served as the Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and North-East Region, is contesting the polls from the Secunderabad constituency.
Hitting out at the Bharath Rashtra Samithi and Congress party, the Defence Minister said that the two parties have created a "crisis of credibility in the politics".
"Congress has done appeasement politics. The BJP has never done politics based on region, religion, or caste. We do politics for the development of the nation. BJP is known for delivering promises it makes to the people. One could check all previous manifestos of BJP to verify that the party has delivered all the promises it has made in the manifesto," he added.
"In 2014 manifesto, we promised Ram Mandir and it has been constructed. This is a sign of the start of Ram Rajya. We abrogated Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, and also brought law against Triple Talaq," the former Uttar Pradesh CM added.
Later in the day, he also did a road show in Khammam district. He also stressed on the need of UCC there.
"This time we have promised that we will implement Uniform Civil Code. Even in progressive Islamic nations, there is not the provision of different personal laws. So, why shouldn't UCC be implemented in India. We will implement it," he said.
Notably, Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
The Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, Bill 2024, seeks to "govern and regulate the laws related to marriage and divorce, successions, live-in relationships, and matters related thereto," was passed in the Assembly in February this year following a two-day discussion.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has promised to implement UCC in the whole country in its election manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Lok Sabha election in the 17 parliamentary constituencies of Telangana will be held on May 17. The counting will be held on June 4.
In 2019, Bharath Rashtra Samithi (which was Telangana Rashtra Samithi at that time) won nine seats in Telangana. BJP and Congress won four and three seats respectively. AIMIM won the Hyderabad seat, which he has been representing since 2004.
Notably, the general elections come on the backdrop of recent assembly polls in the state in which Congress pulled off a victory under the leadership of Revanth Reddy ending the over nine-years rule of BRS in the state.