Opposition dubs UCC Bill ‘political agenda’ of BJP

GUWAHATI, May 27: Opposition Congress and Raijor Dal on Wednesday demanded that the Bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) be referred to a Select Committee, even as the government went ahead with its passage by a voice vote on the last day of the first session of the new Assam Assembly.

The opposition MLAs termed the Bill as “BJP’s political agenda” and sought wider consultation among all stakeholders.

The lone Trinamool Congress MLA staged a walkout earlier, opposing certain provisions of the Bill and alleging that the proposed law has been introduced by the BJP-led NDA with “malicious intention”.

During a discussion on ‘The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 Bill’, the opposition MLAs also said it will hurt the rights of a certain section of society.

“The topics mentioned in the UCC are already enforced in the form of different laws. Issues related to child marriage, polygamy, registration of marriage and divorce, alimony and other issues are governed by various laws. Then why has UCC been brought in?” said Congress Legislature Party leader Wajed Ali Choudhury.

He stressed that it is “not a simplification of the laws, but rather complicating the whole process”. “The BJP brought it only for politics. It’s not democratic to intervene in the personal issues of people