The decision will come as a relief for the Congress which had slammed the CPM’s invite to its ally and termed it as a move to “capture the Muslim votebank in the name of UCC in the general elections next year” | Latest News India
BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi is learnt to have questioned the feasibility of a UCC in tribal areas, including those in the North East, since their customs, traditions and rituals are different from other communities and the Constitution grants them protection.