Dehradun, Feb. 8 -- U'khand Assembly passes UCC Bill by voice vote

Dehradun, 7 Feb: After two days of debate on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill tabled in the House yesterday morning, the Uttarakhand Assembly finally passed the bill by voice vote, today. While the Treasury members lavishly praised the efforts of the government, in general, and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, in particular, for bringing in the "historic UCC Bill", most of the Opposition members expressed their apprehensions regarding several provisions and also criticised the government for "rushing through" the bill.

Those who participated in the debate today included Munna Singh Chauhan, Satpal Maharaj, Bhuwan Kapri, Saurabh Bahuguna, Sumit Hridayesh, Pritam Singh...