Home minister Amit Shah declared in Himachal Pradesh that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the state if BJP is voted back to power. Addressing an election rally in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, he said, “If you elect the Jai Ram Thakur government, I promise you that the common civil code will be implemented in Himachal Pradesh. No one can stop that. ”
In addition, BJP President J P Nadda recently unveiled the party's "Sankalp Patra (manifesto)," which includes a pledge to adopt UCC in Himachal Pradesh if the party returns to power. He said that a committee would be created for the UCC.
Assembly elections will take place in Gujarat in two stages on December 1 and 5, and the BJP just indicated that UCC will be implemented there as well. On November 12, there will be a single phase of voting in Himachal. On December 8, the results of both elections will be made public.
In contrast to UCC, the BJP has pledged new educational institutions, a wide range of perks for different voter categories, and 33% reservation for women in government posts in its election programme for the hill state.
Taking a swipe at Congress, the BJP leader said the party has no credibility and its promises are like cheques drawn on an empty bank account. “When I was coming here, I saw a rally of one of the Congress candidates where ‘10 guarantees’ were written. Who will believe in your guarantees? There was the Sonia-Manmohan government at the Centre . . . they did corruption of £12o billion. And today they are giving guarantees to the innocent people of Himachal,” Shah said.
