Digital
Desk: 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 he has met wants the UCC.
"Nobody
wants their husband to have three wives, especially a Muslim woman. This is
something that no one wants. Any Muslim woman will tell you that. No one would
advise her spouse to marry three different ladies. Who would want this?
"On Saturday, he addressed reporters in Delhi.
Mr
Sarma said Muslim man marrying more than one woman was not his problem but of
the Muslim mothers and sisters.
He
stated that if Muslim women and mothers are to be respected in society after
the Triple Talaq (law), the UCC must be implemented.
"I
am a Hindu who who holds the UCC. I have the UCC for my sister and kid. If I
have UCC for my daughter, Muslim daughters must have it as well "he stated
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.
On April 25, Chief Minister
of Himachal Pradesh Jairam Thakur stated that his government is willing
to implement the UCC in the state.
Mr Thakur stated that his
government will review the UCC before making a final decision on whether or not
to implement it.
The attempt by some chief ministers
to create a UCC across the country, however, was denounced by the All India
Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on April 26 as "an unconstitutional and
anti-minorities initiative."
