Former CM Harish Rawat accused the central government of using Uttarakhand for tokenism.
Congress leader and Uttarakhand Assembly Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya on Tuesday said that his party is not against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which was tabled in the Assembly, but raised concerns over the alleged violation of the rules of conduct by the BJP.
“We are not against it (Uniform Civil Code). The House is governed by the rules of conduct of business but BJP is continuously ignoring it and wants to suppress the voice of the MLAs based on the strength of numbers. It is the right of the MLAs to express their views in the House, during Question Hour, whether they have a proposal under Rule 58 or under other rules, they have the right to raise their voices on various issues of the state in the Assembly…,” Arya said.
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Earlier today, the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP government tabled the UCC in the Uttarakhand Assembly and called it a “moment of pride” for the people of the state.
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“With the aim of giving equal rights to the citizens of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, a Uniform Civil Code bill will be introduced in the Assembly today. It is a moment of pride for all the people of the state that we will be known as the first state in the country to move towards implementing UCC,” CM Dhami wrote on ‘X’.
Meanwhile, former chief minister Harish Rawat has slammed the Central government for “using Uttarakhand for tokenism.” He said that the UCC should have been brought by the Central government.
“No one has the draft copy and they want an immediate discussion on it… The Central Government is using a sensitive state like Uttarakhand for tokenism, if they want to bring UCC, it should have been brought by the central government,” the former chief minister said.
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