{"id":32468,"date":"2026-10-04T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32468"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:31:08","slug":"uniform-civil-code-bengal-will-be-3rd-state-to-implement-ucc-says-suvendu-kolkata-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32468","title":{"rendered":"Uniform Civil Code: Bengal will be 3rd state to implement UCC, says Suvendu | Kolkata News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134680399,imgsize-86020,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/west-bengal-ucc.jpg\" alt=\"West Bengal will be 3rd state to implement UCC, says CM Suvendu Adhikari\" title=\"File photo: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"File photo: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari\">File photo: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KOLKATA: Bengal will be the third state to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/uniform-civil-code\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uniform Civil Code<\/a> after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Bill, completing the key legal processes required for the state to enact the law. <!-- -->In response to a media question about Gujarat being on the verge of implementing UCC, Adhikari said Bengal will be the third state to do so.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Earlier, Adhikari had announced that public hearings will be held across five divisions \u2014 Presidency, Burdwan, Midnapore, Malda and Jalpaiguri \u2014 by the committee drafting the proposed UCC for Bengal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>He had said that everyone\u2019s suggestions will be taken and hoped that the work would be completed quickly. <!-- -->\u201cOnce I receive the report, if they say that UCC can be implemented, I will bring it in the assembly. That is my job,\u201d the CM had said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>A source said that a public notice inviting public representations will be out soon. \u201cThere will be a permanent office in Kolkata to accept hard copies of representations from people and rights bodies. It will also have a designated email ID for soft copy submissions,\u201d the source added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The nine-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai held its first meeting on Sept 3 in New Delhi. The next meeting of the committee is likely on Oct 12.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The other committee members are former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy, IAS and Resident Commissioner Dushyant Nariala, retired IAS officer Shatrughna Singh, home department principal secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh, retired associate professor Dr Ratna Bhattacharya, former vice-chancellor Gopal Chandra Mishra, Calcutta High Court advocate Osman Gani Mullick and independent director of companies Nirmalya Bhattacharyya.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/bengal-will-be-3rd-state-to-implement-ucc-says-suvendu\/articleshow\/134676488.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA: Bengal will be the third state to implement Uniform Civil Code after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Bill, completing the key legal processes required for the state to enact the law. 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