While congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for doing their best to bring all the States and Union Territories under a uniform tax regime with the implementation of thee GST, the Freethought Party of India (FPI) has urged for more progressive reforms to make country economically, socially and culturally sound.
FPI general secretary
B Ramchandra CST Voltaire said without the Uniform Civil Code as provided under Article 44 of the Constitution of India, the economic unity of India, as hyped under the GST, would be terribly affected.
Cases of lynching of Muslims and Dalits on reasons of beef-eating and beef-transporting and honour killing would continue unabated, he said.
The FPI listed three national policies: (1) Support for love marriage though a Uniform Civil Code, (2) Quality English education for each and every Indian child and (3) One-child family with the provision for free quality health service on the model of Great Britain.