No UCC without consensus says Venkaiah Naidu

M Venkaiah Naidu, the Information and Broadcasting Minister has said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not be brought through the back door and without a consensus. He also rejected the charge that contentious issues have been raked up by BJP to polarise elections, especially in Uttar Pradesh. Issues like triple talaq, civil code and Ram temple will not be used by BJP for political mileage in the upcoming elections, says the Minister who asserts that they will be fought on development agenda. "The government does not consider it (triple talaq) as a religious matter. It is a question of gender sensitivity. It is wrong to say that we are interfering in Muslim issues. The same Indian Parliament, the same political system had brought Hindu Code Bill, Divorce Act, banning Hindu Marriage Act, banning dowry and Sati practice, all these things are done by Indian Parliament," Naidu said.