No community will benefit from UCC: Mamata
Asserting that no community would benefit from the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre for using the UCC as a political ploy ahead of the elections. She was speaking at two election rallies in Murshidabad — Khargram and Bhagwangola.
“BJP has brought in the
Uniform Civil Code as a part of their divisive political strategy. This won’t benefit any community. Modi and his team only spread lies. If the BJP comes to power again, people will lose their freedom to exist,” Banerjee said.
She also urged the people not to cast their votes in favour of the BJP and said: “If people don’t want the Constitution to break down or the country to be sold, people must decide.” She warned voters against supporting the Congress and the CPI(M), branding them as
“agents of the BJP” in Bengal.
Banerjee accused the BJP of resorting to divisive tactics in the face of anticipated defeat in the initial phases of polling. Highlighting a growing
anti-BJP sentiment nationwide, especially evident after the first two phases of voting, she said: “After witnessing the voting pattern and percentage in the first two phases, we
can confidently say that the BJP has lost. In the remaining five phases too, they will face a rout. Fear and panic have gripped the BJP. The rout of the saffron camp is only a matter of time.”
She further alleged that whenever there are elections, the BJP uses one issue or the other to flare up communal tensions. This time they are talking about the UCC and are propagating that it is against a particular community, Banerjee claimed. She also pointed out that the UCC is nothing but political rhetoric and Hindus in no way will benefit from it.
Banerjee during her speech hinted that the BJP will lose this time in a similar way to 2004 when it had campaigned for the ‘India shining’ slogan. “In 2004, during Atal Behari Vajpayee’s tenure, they had given India Shining slogan. But the people gave the opposite verdict. This time, Prachar Babu (Referring Modi) is spreading lies through their campaign and propaganda,” Banerjee stated.