The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday batted for a debate on Uniform Civil Code in Parliament, against the backdrop of the Supreme Court asking the Government to come up with a view on the contentious issue. “The Supreme Court has asked the Government to take a quick decision on the Uniform Civil Code. Article 44 of the Indian Constitution states that India should strive to have a Uniform Civil Code. The Constitution has enough powers for protection of rights of the minorities and the government should begin a discussion on the issue,” BJD leader B Mahtab said while participating in the debate on Constitution and BR Amebdkar in lok Sabha.
On Thursday, Minister for Social Justice Thawarchand Gehlot had made a strong pitch for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. The BJD leader also attacked other parties for disrupting the House and said his party did not advocate such “unconstitutional ways”.
“Every time we see the House in assembly there are people who jump into the well. Our party is not capable of getting our work done in an unconstitutional way. Is this freedom or the right we have achievedIJ” Mahtab asked.
He said the treasury benches should not consider the Rajya Sabha as a stumble because of the lack of numbers and the core principle is debate and discussion. Mahtab said a lot was being said on cooperative federalism but the country should also focus on fiscal federalism.
“There is a need to introduce fiscal federalism, German way of implementing fiscal federalism,” he said.