Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Indpendence Day 2024 speech at the Red Fort called the current civil code ‘communal’ and said it is the need of the hour to that there be a ‘Secular Civil Code’ in the country. Only then India will be free of discrimination based on religion.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the tricolour at the Red Fort on Thursday celebrating India’s 78th Independence Day. In his Independence Day speech, PM Modi spoke on several crucial issues in the country, including the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. The PM called the current civil code ‘communal’ and stressed that it is high time we implement a ‘Secular Civil Code’.
India needs Secular Civil Code