Isnt it time for a uniform civil code in India. Why should the rules be very different for citizens of one India depending on their religion or caste. Their should be same equal justice and rule for all marriages. December 15, 2014, 12:03 AM IST TOI Edit in TOI Editorials | Edit Page | TOI 13 8 0 53 Law minister Sadananda Gowda is right when he says that a uniform civil code is mandated by the Constitution. Article 44 establishes having a uniform code is a directive principle of state policy. BJP likes to cite Congress’s failure to establish a uniform civil code as an example of its perverse secularism. If Hindu personal laws can be modernised and freed from religious edicts, why can’t the same be done for other personal laws? And once this is done, what is the rationale for having separate personal laws governing secular matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and so on for every religious denomination? This is not the practice in any other secular country. Even many Muslim countries have dropped archaic practices permitted in India such as divorce through triple talaaq. While a uniform, modern and elegant civil code would grant equal rights to women and generally make citizens’ lives simpler, the biggest flaw in the case for it is, well, that the case is being made by BJP and sangh parivar affiliates not known otherwise for their secularism. You can’t advocate a uniform code in one breath and Ram mandir in the next: each contradicts the other. A string of statements from BJP worthies over just the last couple of weeks demonstrates why their secular bonafides are suspect, leading to distrust. Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti infamously pronounced anyone not a progeny of Ram to be a haramzada. BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj confessed, on the floor of Parliament, his admiration for Gandhi’s murderer Nathuram Godse. From the high office of UP’s governor, Ram Naik called for building the Ram temple. State BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpai claimed Taj Mahal to be part of an ancient Hindu temple. And this list is by no means exhaustive. BJP’s communalism is thus the mirror image of Congress’s selective secularism and no reasonable middle ground has emerged. In the circumstances it’s best for NDA to focus on the economy, governance and security matters for now and leave more controversial issues for later. As it is, the steady stream of sectarian statements from BJP and fellow travellers provide a handle to opposition to unite and block measures to revive the economy. Pushing a uniform code now will only make matters worse and come in the way of any constructive work from getting done. This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India. 0 misplaced. in representative democracy, we elect our representatives, and they have the duty to do what is in public interest. no one can argue that the current system of individual personal laws is good - it is terrible. a muslim can marry four times, and as many times more merely by pronouncing talaq 3 times, even through a sms text or a mobile phone. but a hindu or a christian, on the other hand, has to go through an elaborate legal process to obtain divorce, and can only marry once, in any case, at a given time. the most famous shah bano case should not be forgotten - that is what started all this ram mandir issue. a responsible newspaper should be building a case for the uniform civil code, not finding excuses why it is not possible. 1 0 •Reply•Flag SLJ GALLYOT• 8746 •Influencer Wordsmith Networker • Srinivasan Janardanam•Location•3 days ago •Follow that is why hindus have taken advantage of the 4 wife system and married! the ram mandir has come up not because of lack of ucc but because of hindutvadi politics . 1 0 •Reply•Flag uttamgoa007 Malakar• 590 •Frequent Flyer Member •Goa, India•3 days ago •Follow the world would be such a peaceful and better place without the muslims.. and this is not preaching hatred against a religion.. this conclusion is backed by happenings around the world since centuries.. islam is not a religion we can afford to take along with us into an unpredictable future.. this religion is a threat to humanity.. it has become a threat to the whole human race.. for india, the threat is even two fold.. for our security, we need to fight the militant islam, as well as the muslim appeaser left-liberals.. the later group even go to extent of supporting islamic terrorism and our enemy pakistan just for the sake of their ideology, which are anyway anti-national and inhuman.. and these left-liberals are everywhere in indian politics, media, academia and intelligentsia. 1 0 •Reply•Flag
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