Dimapur, July 2 (MExN): The Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) today expressed its strong strongly opposition to the attempt by the Central government to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and stated that it would not “accept imposition of the UCC in Nagaland.”
“Law Commission must carefully examine the feasibility of UCC throughout country. Otherwise, it could seriously threaten the unity and diversity of the country,” the WSKH stated in a press release issued by its President, Phushito Ayemi and General Secretary, Kughato Awomi.
The Commission must understand that implementation of UCC would infringe upon Article 371 (A), a special provision granted to Nagaland and its people and therefore the State should be exempted from it, it asserted.
The law if enacted would have a serious effect on religious, customary practices and traditions of the Nagas, it added.
The WSKH further pointed out that India is a secular country ensuring non-interference in the “religion and religious practices or customs and traditions of any person.”
