PM Modi says Uniform Civil Code being used to mislead and provoke Muslims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the party workers in Bhopal said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is being used to mislead and provoke Muslim community. He said that the UCC is envisioned in Constitution & Supreme Court has also asked for it to be implemented but those who are hungry for votes get in the way.

"Today people are being instigated in the name of UCC. How can the country be run on two (laws)? The Constitution also talks of equal rights. Supreme Court has also asked to implement UCC. These (Opposition) people are playing vote bank politics," he said.

He also said, "Muslims of India should understand who are those inciting them for their own gains. Today we are seeing some people inciting others (Muslims) in the name of uniform civil code. Even the Constitution talks about equal rights to the citizens. They (opposition) blame us, but it is they who do Muslim, Muslim."


UCC was a part of BJP government's election manifesto in Karnataka. BJP president JP Nadda had said, "We are working within the ambit of the Constitution. Within the Constitution, we are permitted and directed to implement the Uniform Civil Code. We will move towards the UCC."


PM Modi also said the lives of Pasmanda Muslims have been made difficult by those who do vote bank politics and they are not treated equally. "They have been exploited by members of their own community," he added in his interaction with party workers.

The backward sections of Muslims are described as Pasmanda Muslims.

Talking about Muslim women he said, those supporting triple talaq are doing grave injustice to Muslim daughters.

Taking another dig at the opposition he said, “Those seeking votes in the name of social justice have done maximum injustice to the villages and poor.”

PM Modi on Tuesday flagged off five Vande Bharat trains in Bhopal and said that the trains will boost the economic connectivity of the country.