Thiruvananthapuram: Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of Kerala, tabled a resolution on Tuesday in the state parliament opposing the BJP-led national government's attempt to enact the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the nation.
The Congress-led opposition UDF, which supported the Left government's proposal, made a number of adjustments and modifications to the resolution after the Chief Minister moved it.
The Chief Minister said the Kerala Legislative Assembly was concerned and dismayed at the Centre's move to impose UCC and termed the action as "unilateral and hasty".
The CPI(M)-led government's decision came amid an ongoing campaign against the UCC by both the ruling Left and the opposition UDF in the state, as well as various religious organisations in the state.
Both fronts had organised seminars separately in Kozhikode recently against the UCC, in which the representatives of various religious outfits took part.
The Law Commission of India had last month received submissions from the public regarding suggestions on implementing the UCC in the country.
With PTI inputs