BJP’s Assam Manifesto Promises To Introduce Uniform Civil Code, End “Love Jihad”

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its manifesto for the next month’s Assam assembly polls and promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the next three months if elected to power again.
The BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’, released by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, comprises 31 promises, including bringing an effective law to end ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘Land Jihad’.