While the Congress on Tuesday criticised PM Modi’s pitch for the Uniform Civil Code as a diversionary tactic without going into the debate over a single set of rules for all religions in the country, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the comparison between a family and the nation to justify Uniform Civil Code like PM Modi did in his address to the party workers in Madhya Pradesh is flawed. Advocating for a Uniform Civil Code, PM Modi asked whether a family runs on two sets of rules. The pitch for UCC ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election became a fodder for political discourse while Chidambaram on Wednesday put forward his opinion that the comparison is not correct.
“A family is knit together by blood relationships. A nation is brought together by a Constitution which is a political-legal document. Even in a family, there is diversity. The Constitution of India recognised diversity and plurality among the people of India,” Chidambaram said.
A Uniform Civil Code is an aspiration and not something that can be forced on the people by an “agenda-driven majoritarian government,” Chidambaram tweeted.
