Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Uttarakhand is likely to become the first state in the country to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
Addressing a gathering at the “Uttarayani Kauthik” programme in Lucknow, Singh said, “I think if some state is going become first in implementing uniform civil code, it will be Uttarakhand.” He, however, did not elaborate on this.
The Defence minister further said Uttarakhand is not only the land of gods and brave people but is now also being recognised as the land of development. The state has made remarkable progress in the last five years, he said.
A UCC for Uttarakhand was one of the major poll promises made by the BJP in the run-up to the state assembly elections held in 2022.
After winning the elections, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami gave his nod to setting up a committee headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to draft the UCC at the very first cabinet meeting headed by him.
