With the recent formation of the UCC panels in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal, it becomes necessary to revisit the Constituent Assembly debates on the UCC and question the BJP’s selective invocation of Ambedkar to legitimise its divisive and majoritarian pursuits.
Despite its symbolic victory two weeks ago, the ideological and constitutional ‘legitimacy’ of the CJP movement is being scrutinised by the BJP-RSS repeatedly. Gandhi’s and Ambedkar’s vision constitute a firm response to the Sangh’s ideological fabrications justifying the state repression against protestors.
