Representatives of major Muslim organisations in Kerala have decided to “fight” against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) legally and politically.
UCC Being Used As Tool To Divide People On Communal Lines: IUML Leader
Led by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the organisations opined that if UCC is implemented, it will affect not just Muslims but others as well.
“UCC is not an issue of Muslims, it is of all people. We will unite all people against it and fight legally and politically,” said IUML state president Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal in a meeting on July 4.
IUML MLA PK Kunhalikutty alleged that UCC is being used as a tool to divide people on communal lines. The meeting was also attended by two factions of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, factions of the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Muslim Education Society, and the Muslim Service Society.
Earlier on July 2, VD Satheesan, the Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, had alleged that the BJP is bringing the UCC to divide people and said that there is no need for UCC at present.
“The Law Commission appointed by the central government itself has made it very clear that there is no need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at present. So we are also taking the same stand that there is no need for UCC at this point in time. BJP is bringing this matter to make a split among the people,” Satheesan said.
