Sushil Modi slams Nitish Kumar for not taking ‘clear stand’ on Uniform Civil Code

Alleging “inconsistency” in Kumar’s stand on empowerment of women, Modi said while the chief minister repeatedly claimed that he enforced prohibition in the state at the prodding of women, he “hesitated in taking a stand” on UCC, ‘triple talaq’ and polygamy, lest it infuriated the “maulvis”.

“If prohibition can be enforced unilaterally at the prodding of women, why will social vices such as ‘triple talaq’ and polygamy be fought after taking the nod of the maulvis?,” he asked.

Modi also reminded the chief minister of his stand that the imposition of prohibition was consistent with the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution and asserted that UCC and cow-slaughter too came under the same Constitutional guidelines.

He wondered why Kumar was “meekly submitting to the dictates of the maulvis” when it came to taking a stand on UCC and ‘triple talaq’.

The BJP leader charged the chief minister with “letting down” lakhs of Muslim women, divorced by their husbands by invoking ‘triple talaq’, by not taking a stand and asked him whether the country should be guided by the Constitution or “dictates of ulemas and maulvis”.