Uniform Civil Code Bill to be tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly today

The bill on the Uniform Civil Code will be tabled in the Uttarakhand Assembly today, followed by a debate on it. The state cabinet had approved the final draft of the bill last week.

The implementation of the UCC will provide a common framework for marriage, divorce, and inheritance laws for citizens across all faiths in the state.

If implemented, BJP-ruled Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country after Independence to adopt it.

Opposition Congress MLAs on Monday walked out of a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of Uttarakhand Assembly in protest against its decision to waive the Question Hour in the special assembly session to table a bill on the UCC.

Asked about the protest by the opposition members, Speaker Ritu Khanduri said, "UCC is a going to be a very important law, not just for Uttarakhand but for the whole country. The Question Hour is important too but sometimes things are so significant that take precedence over routine procedures of the House," Khanduri said.

Later in the day, a delegation led by Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya met the governor and handed over a memorandum letter signed by all 19 Congress MLAs, including him, to register their protest and sought his intervention in the matter.

(With PTI inputs)

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