Guwahati, July 1: Assam is one of the few BJP states where there has been a vocal push for adopting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma leading the charge.
Sarma stated numerous times over the past few months that UCC is the need of the hour.
“No Muslim woman in the country wants her husband to have three wives. You only need to ask a Muslim woman, nobody will suggest that her husband should marry three women,” Sarma mentioned recently.
Sarma claimed that it was not a Hindu community problem, rather an issue of Muslim mothers and sisters when a Muslim man marries more than one woman. He asserted that the UCC must be implemented for Muslim mothers and women to be respected in the society following the passage of the triple talaq law.
“I have UCC for my sister and daughter because I practise Hinduism. I believe Muslim daughters must have had the same protection if I have UCC for my own daughter,” Sarma said.
According to him, polygamy will persist until the UCC is enforced for the sake of Muslim women. (IANS)
