New Delhi: Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam, has made a strong case for the country’s adoption of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), claiming that no Muslim lady wants her husband to have three wives.
Mr Sarma met with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in New Delhi on Sunday, who recently stated that his BJP government will prepare a draft of a UCC to be adopted in the northern state.
According to the Assam chief minister, every Muslim who he has met wants the UCC.
“No Muslim woman wants her husband to have three wives. No one wants this. You can ask any Muslim woman. No one would tell you that her husband should marry three women. Who wants this,” he told reporters in Delhi on Saturday.
Mr Sarma said Muslim man marrying more than one woman was not his problem but of the Muslim mothers and sisters.
He said if Muslim women and mothers have to be given honour in the society, after the Triple Talaq (law), the UCC has to be put in place.
“I am a Hindu and I have the UCC. For my sister and daughter, I have the UCC. If I have UCC for my daughter, then Muslim daughters must have that protection,” he said.
Mr Dhami announced on March 24 that his government will produce a draft of a UCC to be implemented in the state after entering office for the second time as Uttarakhand chief minister.
“The (state) cabinet has unanimously approved the proposal. We also expect other states to follow us,” he had said.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on April 23 that the state government is thinking seriously in the direction of the implementation of the UCC.
“One law for all in one country is the need of the hour. It is required that we should get out of the system of one law for one person and another for others. We are in favour of a common civil code,” Mr Maurya said.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said on April 25 that his government is open to implement the UCC in the state.
Mr Thakur said his government will examine the UCC before taking a final decision on its implementation.
However, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on April 26 described the attempt by some chief ministers to introduce a UCC in the country as “an unconstitutional and anti-minorities move”.
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