PATNA: As the debate over the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) continues afresh after its implementation by the Uttarakhand govt two days ago, the Janata Dal (United), headed by CM Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday said the vital issue of “unity in diversity” must be taken care of while framing the law.
JD (U) had strongly opposed the UCC in the past.
“What has been implemented in Uttarakhand is a matter of the state’s jurisdiction. However, at the national level, such sensitive issues need to be viewed not only politically but also through the lens of unity in diversity,” JD(U)’s chief spokesperson, Neeraj Kumar, told the TOI on Wednesday.
He said Bhim Rao Ambedkar, after extensive discussions in the Constituent Assembly, accepted the core principle of ‘unity in diversity’. “The issues encompassing the traditions of all communities, diversity, and inclusion of different sections of society must be taken care of,” he said, adding, although there isn’t any discussion about the UCC at the national-level right now, yet a “consensus should be developed by holding discussions with all stakeholders”.
However, the RJD alleged that the JD (U) does not have guts to oppose the UCC since it has lost its “political strength”. “The JD (U) has no guts to oppose the contentious issues of the BJP in the current situation; instead, the party has more or less imbibed the ideology of its saffron partner. It is doing whatever is being instructed by its partner,” RJD spokesperson Ejaz Ahmad said. He described the UCC as totally against India and its constitutional set-up.
Of late, the JD(U) was seen taking a different stance over the BJP’s certain contentious issues such as Triple Talaq, National Register of Citizens (NRC), Agniveer scheme, and Waqf (Amendment) Bill. However, the JD(U) claims all suggestions made by the party on the Waqf Bill were accepted by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising the bill. “Whatever the JD (U) suggested in the bill was accepted. The amendments will comprise our suggestions,” JD(U) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad told the reporters.
In Sept last year, senior JD (U) functionary KC Tyagi resigned as the party’s national spokesperson citing “personal reasons”, but sources said that his stand on several issues highlighted the party’s difference with the BJP.
Patna: As the debate over the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) rages afresh after its implementation by the Uttarakhand govt two days ago, the Janata Dal (United), headed by CM Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday said the vital issue of “unity in diversity” must be taken care of while framing the law.
JD (U) had strongly opposed the UCC in the past.
“What has been implemented in Uttarakhand is a matter of the state’s jurisdiction. However, at the national level, such sensitive issues need to be viewed not only politically but also through the lens of unity in diversity,” JD(U)’s chief spokesperson, Neeraj Kumar, told the TOI on Wednesday.
He said Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, after extensive discussions in the Constituent Assembly, accepted the core principle of ‘unity in diversity’. “The issues encompassing the traditions of all communities, diversity, and inclusion of different sections of society must be taken care of,” he said, adding, although there isn’t any discussion about the UCC at the national-level right now, yet a “consensus should be developed by holding discussions with all stakeholders”.
However, the RJD alleged that the JD (U) does not have guts to oppose the UCC since it has lost its “political strength”. “The JD (U) has no guts to oppose the contentious issues of the BJP in the current situation; instead, the party has more or less imbibed the ideology of its saffron partner. It is doing whatever is being instructed by its partner,” RJD spokesperson Ejaz Ahmad said. He described the UCC as totally against India and its constitutional set-up.
Of late, the JD(U) was seen taking a different stance over the BJP’s certain contentious issues such as Triple Talaq, National Register of Citizens (NRC), Agniveer scheme, and Waqf (Amendment) Bill. However, the JD(U) claims all suggestions made by the party on the Waqf Bill were accepted by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising the bill. “Whatever the JD (U) suggested in the bill was accepted. The amendments will comprise our suggestions,” JD(U) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad told the reporters.
In Sept last year, senior JD (U) functionary KC Tyagi resigned as the party’s national spokesperson citing “personal reasons”, but sources said that his stand on several issues highlighted the party’s difference with the BJP.