Shah pledges Uttar Pradesh UCC if BJP wins in 2027

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Bharatiya Janata Party would implement a Uniform Civil Code in Uttar Pradesh if it wins the 2027 Assembly election, making the proposal part of the party’s stated plans for the state. Shah made the announcement while addressing the BJP Uttar Pradesh State Working Committee meeting in Lucknow. He said the code would be implemented when the party forms the government again and noted that, in his words, it had already been implemented in many states. The commitment is conditional on the BJP returning to power; it does not establish that the party will win the election or that a code has been enacted in Uttar Pradesh. The Uniform Civil Code, or UCC, is a proposed common set of laws governing personal matters. One report described the BJP proposal as covering marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens. Shah did not set out specific provisions for a future Uttar Pradesh code in the remarks reported. The statement follows Shah’s September announcement that BJP-led governments and National Democratic Alliance partners in 21 states would introduce a UCC before 2029. That wider pledge and the Uttar Pradesh commitment are political...