Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday declared that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returns to power for a third consecutive term after the 2027 Assembly elections. Shah made the pledge while inaugurating the BJP's state executive meeting in Lucknow, an organisational event marking the formal launch of the party's poll preparations, Nation Press reported. Daily Kiran also reported the announcement.
Source: Nation Press
Daily Kiran reported that the session began with a ceremonial lighting of a lamp at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Law University in Lucknow. Among those present were UP BJP president and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, both Deputy Chief Ministers and other senior party leaders.
Source: Daily Kiran
Shah drew a parallel with the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, which he claimed was carried out without significant unrest, Daily Kiran reported. He reiterated the government's pledge of making India drug-free by December 2029 and claimed that riot incidents in Uttar Pradesh had declined by 70 per cent since the BJP-led NDA came to power in the state, Nation Press reported. Both figures are Shah's claims made at the meeting; no independent verification was cited in the reports.
On the state's economy, Shah said approximately Rs 50 lakh crore in investment proposals had been received for Uttar Pradesh, with Rs 15 lakh crore already realised on the ground, according to Daily Kiran. He praised the improved law-and-order situation under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, credited him with dismantling organised crime networks, and pointed to the state's expressway network and the airport under construction at Jewar as examples of progress.
Shah launched a sharp attack on the opposition. He said the BJP would answer what he called Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's 'meaningless statements' by forming the government again in 2027. Targeting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Shah alleged that unarmed Ram devotees and kar sevaks were fired upon during the then SP government in the 1990 Ayodhya firing incident — an allegation the SP has historically disputed. He argued that the SP under Akhilesh Yadav had been losing elections continuously, while the Congress under Rahul Gandhi had failed to return to power nationally.
Responding to opposition allegations of 'vote theft', Shah said repeated electoral defeats had led the opposition to blame the Election Commission of India for its own failures, and challenged the opposition to a special session of Parliament where every allegation could be examined and answered, Nation Press reported.
Shah urged party workers to set aside personal grievances and individual ambitions and to treat the 2027 Assembly election as their own personal battle. Noting the BJP's recent run of victories, he expressed confidence that the party would remain politically dominant in Uttar Pradesh and across India for the next 30 years. With the UCC now formally tabled as a specific 2027 election promise for India's most populous state, the question of a uniform personal law is set to be a central ideological battleground of the UP campaign.