{"id":232339,"date":"2024-01-12T00:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=232339"},"modified":"2024-01-12T00:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:53:55","slug":"assam-will-be-third-state-to-introduce-ucc-himanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/assam-will-be-third-state-to-introduce-ucc-himanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam will be third state to introduce UCC: Himanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, Jan 11:<\/strong> Assam will be the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat to introduce a Bill seeking a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and it will exempt the tribal communities from the ambit of the law, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A UCC means having a common law for all citizens of the country that is not based on religion. Personal laws and laws related to inheritance, adoption and succession are to be covered by a common code.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8221;We are waiting for the Uttarakhand Bill on UCC and after it is introduced, Assam will follow it with certain additional clauses,&#8221; the chief minister said at a press conference here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Assam model will have certain innovative points as the state is fighting against child marriage and polygamy, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bill will, however, exempt the tribal communities from its ambit, Sarma said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8221;We will go through the Uttarakhand Bill and see if public consultations will be possible within the next two to three months,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If, however, certain complications arise, the matter will be discussed with experts and the Bill will be framed accordingly, Sarma added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8221;Everything depends on Bills passed by Uttarakhand and Gujarat, but Assam will definitely be the third state to bring a bill on the UCC,&#8221; he said. The chief minister also said that the state government was planning to bring a Bill to end polygamy in the state in the budget session of the assembly which will commence next month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An expert committee had submitted a report on the assembly&#8217;s competence to end polygamy, following which 150 suggestions were received regarding the proposed Bill to end the social menace in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarma had earlier said that his government was in support of the UCC but wanted to ban polygamy immediately in the BJP-ruled state. Though the UCC is a matter which will be decided by the Parliament, a state can also take a call on that with the assent of the President.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lok Sabha polls are due within a few months. Implementation of a UCC has been part of the BJP&#8217;s election manifestos. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, Jan 11: Assam will be the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat to introduce a Bill seeking a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and it will exempt the tribal communities from the ambit of the law, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Thursday. A UCC means having a common law for all citizens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-232339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}