Will Discuss with Allies: Law Minister Arjun Meghwal On Uniform Civil Code

Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Uniform Code is one of the first three promises of the BJP which it has inherited from its predecessor Jan Sangh. "We have fulfilled the other two promises -- the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and the scrapping of Constitution's Article 370," he said.

The Uniform Civil Code will come and the BJP will talk to NDA allies to make it happen, Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told NDTV on the 100-day anniversary of the third consecutive government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Uniform Code is one of the first three promises of the BJP which it has inherited from its predecessor Jan Sangh, Mr Meghwal said. 

"We have fulfilled the other two promises -- the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and the scrapping of Constitution's Article 370 that gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status... The Law Commission is working on it (the Uniform Civil Code) , but some states have already implemented it... Uttarakhand, Goa. Other states are thinking about it," Mr Meghwal told NDTV in an exclusive interview. 

The Prime minister, he added, has declared it from the ramparts of the Red Fort in his address on Independence Day. We will talk to the allies and certainly take steps in his direction," he added.