Demands for a uniform civil code are back and women’s groups continue to oppose it. Here’s why
With five Bharatiya Janata Party-led states passing or planning laws against ‘love jihad’, Hindutva groups have renewed their calls for a common civil code. Dec 29, 2020 · 09:00 am Muslim women participate in a rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code in Ahmedabad in 2016. | Sam Panthaky/AFP
On November 28, the Uttar Pradesh government cleared an ordinance to prevent “love jihad”, a right-wing conspiracy theory which claims that Muslim men are seducing and marrying Hindu women in order to convert them to Islam. The new law, while penalising forced religious conversions, also makes it mandatory for an individual to seek the state government’s permission if they wish to convert to another religion in order to get married.
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Institutional overlap
Assam government introduced the bills, which if passed by the current winter session of the Assam Assembly will pave the way for constitution of interim governments of the three new autonomous councils – Moran Autonomous Council, Matak Autonomous Council and Kamatapur Autonomous Council.
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Assam government introduced the bills, which if passed by the current winter session of the Assam Assembly will pave the way for constitution of interim governments of the three new autonomous councils – Moran Autonomous Council, Matak Autonomous Council and Kamatapur Autonomous Council. The powers and functions of the autonomous councils created under the state acts still have many grey areas which deserve focused attention from policy makers. Creation of the councils have triggered hopes for flow of dedicated fund for uplift of the areas under these councils. Creation of the autonomous councils under the sta
Congress will pull out of MVA, says Athawale
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‘Uddhav Thackeray-led govt. in Maharashtra will soon collapse’
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‘Uddhav Thackeray-led govt. in Maharashtra will soon collapse’
Stating that Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s demand that NCP chief Sharad Pawar lead the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) had driven a wedge between the Sena, NCP and Congress in Maharashtra, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday predicted that the Congress would pull out of the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Uddhav Thackeray-led government would soon fall.
“Mr. Raut demanded that the UPA presidency be given to Mr. Pawar. However, the Sena is not part of the UPA. As a result, there is resentment within the Congress leadership. I think the Congress will withdraw its support from the MVA government and it will collapse,” said Mr. Athawale, who is the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment.
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The Big Story: Full circle
Earlier this month, results came in for Jammu and Kashmir’s District Development Council elections – the first direct polls held in the Union territory since it had been downgraded from a state the year earlier.
To understand these results, we need a bit of background.
On August 5, 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Delhi decided to take full control of the political situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Without engaging with the public or even their representatives in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the Centre decided to downgrade the state to a Union territory, split it by carving out Ladakh and strip away the Constitutional guarantees of autonomy – i.e. Article 370, that had allowed for the erstwhile princely state to become a part of India.