Jharkhand Mukti Morcha passes resolution against CAA, NRC, Uniform Civil Code

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Sunday passed a 50-point resolution, which included a demand that the Citizenship Amendment Act, Uniform Civil Code and National Register of Citizens be rejected in the state, PTI reported.

“The Citizenship Amendment Act, Uniform Civil Code and National Register of Citizens should be completely rejected in Jharkhand,” the party’s resolution, passed on its 46th foundation day, said.

The Citizenship Amendment Act aims to provide citizenship to undocumented migrants from six minority religious communities, except Muslims, from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the condition that they have lived in India for six years and had entered the country by December 31, 2014. The National Register of Citizens is a proposed exercise to identify undocumented immigrants.

The rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act were notified by the Centre in March 2024.

The law has been widely criticised for excluding Muslims, sparking massive protests across the country. The protests were driven by the fear that the law could be used, along with the nationwide National Register of Citizens, to render Indian Muslims stateless.

The Uniform Civil Code is a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens. Currently, such personal affairs of different religious and tribal groups are based on community-specific laws, largely derived from religious scripture. On January…

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