Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday said there should be a public debate on the Uniform Civil...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday said there should be a public debate on the Uniform Civil Code, reported PTI. He, however, left it to the government to decide if it was time to bring a bill on it or not. The RSS is the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In a virtual meet organised by the think-tank India Foundation on the foundation day of the RSS, Hosabale said the Uniform Civil Code was mentioned in the Constitution under the Directive Principles of State Policy. But the architects of the Constitution never recommended a time frame to implement it, he added.
“It is for the government to decide whether it is a good time or not to [bring a bill on UCC],” said Hosabale. “We have to educate people about it first. There should be a proper public debate about it as it helps in clearing perceptions. People did not know what Article 370 or Article 35A was. Educating people is important.” He was referring to the provision on special status to Jammu and Kashmir that was scrapped in August last year.
He also deplored the use of abusive language on social media. “Trolling on social media should be condemned,...
