Uniform Civil Code: SP सिंह बघेल ने कहा कि पूर्वोत्तर में आदिवासी क्षेत्रों पर तब तक कुछ भी लागू नहीं होगा जब तक कि उनकी अपनी राज्य विधानसभाएं केंद्र के फैसले की पुष्टि नहीं कर देतीं.
New Delhi: In response to growing opposition, SP Singh Baghel, a former junior law minister who was recently appointed to the health ministry, has stated that the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not have an impact on the tribal rights and customs in the Northeast and other regions of the nation. He is the first government official to make this statement.
The BJP respects the diversity and culture of the tribal people and won't enforce any laws that are detrimental to their interests, according to Mr. Baghel, who is currently the minister of state for health, who spoke to media on Tuesday.
The highest office in the land, the President of India, was nominated by the BJP as a tribal woman. Additionally, it has the most tribal MPs, Rajya Sabha members, and ministers. The party respects Northeastern traditions, and we won't offend any religious or social norms, but appeasement politics is also wrong, he added.
Additionally, he stated that nothing will apply to them until their respective state legislatures ratify the central government's decision, in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Constitution, which grants special protections to specific tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram.
Before any laws are passed, he continued, tribe members from other states would also be consulted and their opinions taken into consideration.
The Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi, who chairs the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice, had stated that the tribal population in the North East and other regions should be kept out of the purview of the UCC. The minister was responding to this statement.
The UCC is a constitutional requirement that tries to substitute a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, inheritance, and other issues for the particular laws of many faith communities.
One of the primary problems for the BJP is the implementation of the UCC, which came into sharp focus last week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a public discussion on the matter at a rally in Madhya Pradesh.
The UCC has encountered resistance from a number of organisations, particularly minority groups and tribal tribes who worry that it will undermine their identity and autonomy. The majority of the BJP's partners among NGOs and political parties have already come out against the proposal in public.
According to the 2011 census, Christians make up 74.59 percent, 86.97 percent, and 87.93 percent, respectively, in Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland, where opposition to the UCC has been fiercest.
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