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The Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill, introduced by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state government, passed in the House. After passing the UCC Bill in the Assembly, Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code.
#WATCH | Dehradun: The Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill, introduced by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state government, passed in the House.
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, “This law is of equality, uniformity and equal rights. There were many doubts regarding this… pic.twitter.com/ge3yqecXKY
— ANI (@ANI) February 7, 2024
The Bill, which was passed by voice vote, was introduced in the BJP-majority assembly a day earlier and the opposition had suggested that it should be sent to a select committee of the House first.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami greets people as they shower flower petals on him and burst crackers.
The State Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill today. pic.twitter.com/Ke3Fr1x8H0
— ANI (@ANI) February 7, 2024
Uttarakhand Minister Prem Chand Aggarwal told ANI , “When the law is implemented, all ill societal norms would be eradicated and women would be empowered… Everyone supported it because this was a topic which could not be opposed… The bill will first go to the Governor, then to the President and then we will implement it in the state as a law…”
Once the Bill gets the governor’s consent, Uttarakhand will become the first state after independence to get a common law on marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance for all citizens, irrespective of their religion.
