"Spell Out Stand": AAP Faces Punjab Rival's Uniform Civil Code Questions
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Bhagwant Mann's statement comes days after senior AAP leader Sandeep Pathak told the media that AAP supports Uniform Civil Code "in principle".
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is a secular party and has no intention to tinker with social customs of any community, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said today, prompting questions on what is the party's actual stand on a Uniform Civil Code for all Indians. The Punjab CM @BhagwantMann should now tell AAP Convener @ArvindKejriwal to clearly spell out party ‘s stand on UCC & end AAP's double speak on this sensitive issue. It is shocking that AAP wants to vote in favour of UCC in Rajya Sabha even as Bhagwant Mann is befooling Punjabis… pic.twitter.com/PKaTuEaus0
Mr Mann's statement comes days after senior AAP leader Sandeep Pathak told the media that AAP supports Uniform Civil Code "in principle".
"In principle, we support a Uniform Civil Code. The Constitution's Article 44 also supports it. But since this issue concerns all religious communities, there should be wide-ranging consultations and efforts to build consensus," Mr Pathak, AAP's national general secretary (organisation) and a Rajya Sabha MP, said last week.
Mr Pathak's remarks had come after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for the Uniform Civil Code, making it clear that it will be a key poll plank for the BJP for the 2024 general election.
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