Owaisi Attacks BJP On Uniform Civil Code.

Amid growing support for a Uniform Civil Code in the BJP-ruled states, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi insisted that the country does not require a one-size-fits-all approach for people of different communities.

"The country's economy is in shambles, passenger trains are being canceled to transport coal, unemployment is rising, but you're more concerned about the UCC," the leader said.

As the country tackles a power crisis due to increased electricity consumption and heat waves, some passenger trains were reportedly canceled this week to transport coal.

While the UCC proposal has faced opposition criticism, several BJP leaders have been vocal in backing the idea. About a week ago, UP's deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said the state was considering implementing the proposal.

In March, soon after forming a new government, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami, another BJP leader, also set up a committee to look into the implementation. In Himachal Pradesh, which votes later this year, CM Jairam Thakur has adopted a calculated approach ahead of the polls, saying the state will analyze the idea.

But AIMIM's Owaisi, a government critic, has voiced his strong objection to the idea of one law for all communities. "It (Uniform Civil Code) is not required in this country. As per Goa's civil code, a Hindu man can marry a 2nd time if his first wife does not have a male child by 30. Goa has the BJP government. '

Referring to Article 47 of the Constitution, he called for a prohibition on alcohol, adding that "everybody in the country is assured of an equal income under Article 38.

On Saturday, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma joined the BJP leaders to push for the proposal. "No Muslim woman wants her husband to bring home three wives. Ask any Muslim woman. UCC is not my issue; it is an issue for all Muslim women. If they are to be given justice, after the scrapping of Triple Talaq, UCC will have to be brought," he was quoted as saying by the news agency.