Now, we should transfer in direction of Secular Civil Code: PM Narendra Modi on Uniform civil code

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his Independence Day speech to the nation on Thursday, batted for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) stating that India will now have to maneuver in direction of a secular civil code to free the nation from religion-based discrimination.

Video Credit score: BusinesslineAddressing the nation from the ramparts of the long-lasting Purple Fort, the Prime Minister mentioned that the Supreme Court docket has held discussions concerning the UCC time and again and it has given orders a number of instances.

PM Modi additionally known as for a dialogue over the proposed implementation of the Uniform Civil Code throughout the nation and requested folks to provide of their strategies.

PM Modi mentioned, “In our nation, the Supreme Court docket has held discussions concerning the Uniform Civil Code time and again, and it has given orders a number of instances. A big part of the nation believes, and it’s true, that the civil code that we live with is definitely a communal civil code in a approach, a discriminatory civil code…”

The Prime Minister mentioned, “I imagine that there ought to be a dialogue on this critical subject throughout the nation…Everybody ought to come ahead with their strategies.”

PM Modi emphasised that the legal guidelines that divide the nation on the premise of faith and result in discrimination shouldn’t have any place in society.

“The legal guidelines that divide the nation on the premise of faith, the legal guidelines that grow to be the rationale for the discrimination–such legal guidelines shouldn’t have any place in society,” PM Modi mentioned.

Textual content/ Video: ANI