“Centre trying to divert public attention”: Owaisi on Uniform Civil Code push

TIL Desk/National/Hyderabad/ In a sharp attack on the Centre over the proposal to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that it is being talked about to divert the public’s attention from issues such as “poverty, unemployment, price-rise and Chinese intrusion”.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference, the Hyderabad MP said he will soon meet Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to seek his support and request his party to vote against the UCC if any Bill is introduced in Parliament.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has sent its response along with the retired Supreme Court Judge Gopala Gowda’s legal opinion on the subject to the Law Commission’s appeal for suggestions on the UCC.

Dubbing the Law Commission’s request to send opinions on the UCC a political exercise to divert the attention of the public from important issues, Mr Owaisi questioned the veracity of the Centre’s move of bringing the issue forward before elections.

“Our belief is that this political exercise which is going on is to impose an unnecessary ‘mahaul’ (atmosphere) in the country before the Lok Sabha elections so that the public attention is diverted from issues such as poverty, unemployment, price-rise, and China which has occupied our land,” he said.