Amid a growing debate in Kerala over the Centre’s move to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, SNDP Yogam, an outfit of the numerically strong Hindu Ezhava community in the state, has thrown its weight behind PM Narendra Modi’s proposal.
The SNDP Yogam, founded by legendary social reformer and saint Sreenarayana Guru, however, suggested discussions with representatives of minority communities before enacting the new law.
In an editorial in the latest issue of ‘Yoganadam’, the organ of SNDP Yogam, its general secretary Vellappally Natesan said if the UCC is implemented, discrimination against Muslim women in matters such as marriage, divorce, and property rights will end.
The stand on UCC taken by the Yogam, whose leadership is considered to be very close to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is seen as a setback for the state’s ruling party, as it came when the CPI (M) was trying to create a strong platform of various socio-religious organisations in the state to oppose the BJP-led government’s UCC plan.
