Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari, on Sunday, said the Congress would fully protect the interest of 140 crore Indians in the monsoon session of Parliament by opposing implementation of uniform civil code (UCC).
“Congress will not allow any attempt of the Central government to succeed at any cost to play with the sentiments of all the communities of the country, including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians, for electoral gains,” Tiwari asserted here on Sunday.
“The interest of the country has always been paramount for the Congress and on the contrary, the Bharatiya Janata Party has always been trying to weaken the country through the politics of polarisation for electoral gains,” Tiwari said.
He said that before the government brought out the draft of the proposed uniform civil code in the monsoon session, the viewpoint of the Congress and the opposition parties over the issue should come to the fore.
Clarifying the agenda of the Congress and the opposition in the monsoon session of Parliament, Tiwari said the issue as to how Manipur was burning today due to the irresponsible attitude of the BJP at the Centre and the state government would be prominent.
He also said that the Congress would also raise questions in Parliament on the political dishonesty of the BJP government to influence the visit of party leader Rahul Gandhi to Manipur. “Along with this, the Congress will prominently raise in Parliament how the Modi government has insulted the Scheduled Caste woman president of the country at the inauguration of the new Parliament House.