Independence Day 2024: PM Modi Calls For Moving From 'Communal Civil Code' To 'Secular Civil Code'

In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly advocated for the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, criticising the existing civil code as "communal" and promoting a secular alternative.

PM Narendra Modi stated, "Supreme Court has held discussions regarding Uniform Civil Code again and again, it has given orders several times. A large section of the country believes - and it is true, that the Civil Code that we are living with is actually a Communal Civil Code in a way."

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PM Modi also emphasised that it is high time that India should transition towards Uniform or Secular Civil Code and discard its present system which he deemed to be potentially discriminatory and uneven.

He further added, "I would say that it is the need of the hour to that there be a Secular Civil Code in the country...only then would we be free of the discrimination on the basis of religion..."

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