A first-timer Congress minister in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/himachal-pradesh-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Himachal Pradesh</a> on Saturday extended support to Uniform Civil Code (UCC), but questioned the BJP over its timing.
&ldquo;We have said that whenever Uniform Civil Code comes, we will support it. Congress has always contributed towards taking unity and integrity forward,&rdquo; PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh told the media here.
&ldquo;But the main issue at present is Manipur, which has been burning for nearly two months and is on the verge of a civil war. No action has been taken against the Manipur Chief Minister,&rdquo; said Singh, the son of six-time Chief Minister late <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Virbhadra Singh</a>.
Without mincing words, Singh added, &ldquo;The BJP doesn&rsquo;t speak of the burning issues in the country and starts a new debate to mislead the people.&rdquo;
He said that raking the UCC issue is a deliberate effort to divert the attention of the people from the core issues such as unemployment and falling growth rate.
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Singh said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has been in power with full majority for the past nine years, but did not initiate any action for implementing the UCC earlier.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s now trying to trigger a debate on this issue for electoral gains,&rdquo; he said.
Singh also said that on previous occasions too, the BJP had raised issues such as the Pulwama terror attack, scrapping of Article 370 and Ram temple to seek votes.&nbsp;
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A first-timer Congress minister in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday extended support to Uniform Civil Code (UCC), but questioned the BJP over its timing.

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