Article 44 of the Indian Constitution states that “the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code (UCC) throughout the territory of India.” The desirability of a uniform civil code is consistent with human rights and the principles of equality, fairness and justice.

Just the same, the Congress Party, looming large over India polity, managed to lead it on democratic course farther away from this Directive Principle of its Constitution. However, in 2014, the Indian voters, who became wiser to the duplicitous congress politics, voted for Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party that had been unerringly advocating UCC, and what is more, renewed their mandate in 2019.

Now that the Modi-sarkar, so as to cap the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, is envisaging to let the Indian parliament have its Winter Session 2022 in the Navi Sansad Bhavan, it would be truly historic for Atma Nirbhar Bharat to have the Uniform Civil Code Bill passed in it by way of its first legislative business. 

Now it's up to Narendra Modi to grab the golden opportunity to fulfill his party's unfulfilled promise to the Indian nation as it completes its silver Jubilee.