NEW DELHI: Since a private member's bill was presented in the Upper House and may be discussed next year where the government may approve the bill, the opposition is in a pickle about the Uniform Civil Code. Or employ a backdoor entry as the government holds a majority in both Houses.

The country needs harmony, said Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, who opposed the move, and asked the member to remove it. However, the Congress, the main opposition party, has not released a public statement on the matter.

The lone MP is the only one speaking out on the matter, despite claims from Congress sources that the government ought to develop a plan and convene a meeting of all parties to discuss it. After that, the party will decide on its strategy.

However, there were only three people sitting on the Congress benches when the bill's introduction was being discussed. MDMK leader Vaiko, who said that the BJP is trying to carry out the RSS agenda, spoke out most strongly against the measure and called for a division.

"The country is headed for dissolution as a result of our actions. Minority groups suffer great harm " he said.
When the Bill was first introduced, the Trinamool Congress opposed it. "There is still time to avoid from making demonstrations of a brief majority and inflicting a one-sided opinion on a highly secular and plural India," said Jawhar Sircar of the Trinamool Congress. He tweeted later, "How the entire opposition fought back against the BJP's scheme to introduce the Common Civil Code Bill through the Private Member route. They intend to completely finish India!" The BJP's position in the House after the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill was introduced as a private member's bill in the Rajya Sabha suggested that the member in question, Kirori Lal Meena, has the party's tacit backing.

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