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Objections to the Uniform Civil Code have already been raised by the governments of the three Christian-majority states of Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland and various organisations. Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalwena has sent a letter to the Law Commission saying that it is impractical to apply a uniform rule to the tribes of the Northeast.

The BJP-ruled state of Arunachal Pradesh has also objected to the Uniform Civil Code. The Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum, a joint forum of 26 communities in Arunachal, sent a letter to the Law Commission saying that Arunachal, a state with 26 main and about 100 sub-tribes, follows various traditional customs. That’s why same civil rules should not be imposed on everyone. They say that there is no objection to applying the same rules to the ‘mainland’, but the tribal chiefdom of Arunachal should be kept out of its purview.

Objections to the Uniform Civil Code have already been raised by the governments of the three Christian-majority states of Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland and various organisations. Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalwena has sent a letter to the Law Commission saying that it is impractical to apply a uniform rule to the tribes of the Northeast. No one will accept it. He went a step further and claimed that Mizoram was never a part of India before the arrival of the British. Even under the British they were only for 57 years and even then they were not under the main India. But in 1947 our motherland was included in the newly formed India without any administrative agreement. That’s why Mizoram has never had anything to do with Indian customs and laws.

Now there is no question of implementing Uniform Civil Code in Mizoram. However, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told reporters after discussing the objections with the Center that the Center was looking to keep all Christians and tribals out of the proposed Uniform Civil Code, dominated by the Northeast. Is.

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