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Bharatiya Janata Party · 2024
Claim
Lacks context
Delivery
Too early to assess
The same sentence as 2019, almost word for word, and no national draft yet. The 2024 text repeats the 2019 commitment with 'India' changed to 'Bharat'. Eight months into the term, the Ministry of Law and Justice told Parliament that no central guidelines for a uniform civil code had been issued to states, and that neither the 21st nor the 22nd Law Commission submitted a report on the subject before its term ended. The term runs to 2029, so this is recorded as too early rather than failed — but the promise is now in its third consecutive manifesto with no published draft.
“Bringing Uniform Civil Code — Article 44 of the Constitution lists Uniform Civil Code as one of the Directive Principles of State Policy. BJP believes that there cannot be gender equality till such time Bharat adopts a Uniform Civil Code, which protects the rights of all women, and the BJP reiterates its stand to draw a Uniform Civil Code, drawing upon the best traditions and harmonising them with the modern times.”No CAG performance audit published
No CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published. The absence of an audit is not evidence that the claim is either accurate or inaccurate.
This is a legislative promise, so there is no audit to cite. The record is the Ministry of Law and Justice's own answer to Parliament, given in December 2024.
No audit period to plot — no CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published.
No central guidelines issued; neither the 21st nor the 22nd Law Commission submitted a report
Personal law is in the Concurrent List, so states may legislate independently. Uttarakhand's code was enacted by the state, not drafted or directed by the Centre.
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4316, Uniform Civil Code — answer by the Ministry of Law and Justice
Put the 2019 and 2024 texts side by side and the only substantive difference is a word. 2019: "there cannot be gender equality till such time India adopts a Uniform Civil Code… the BJP reiterates its stand to draft a Uniform Civil Code, drawing upon the best traditions and harmonizing them with the modern times." 2024: the same sentence with "Bharat" in place of "India" and "draw" in place of "draft".
What the promise commits to is drafting, not enacting. The heading above it in 2024 — "Bringing Uniform Civil Code" — is stronger than the sentence beneath it, and the sentence is what we grade.
Eight months into the term, the Ministry of Law and Justice set out the position in the Lok Sabha on 20 December 2024. On direction to states: "No such guidelines were issued by the Government of India to State Governments for implementing the uniform civil code." On the drafting work: the 21st Law Commission issued a consultation paper but "no Report on the subject was submitted by them", and "The term of the 22nd LCI has ended without submitting any Report on the subject."
That is the most recent authoritative statement we hold. No national draft has been published since, and no Bill has been introduced.
One thing has changed on the ground, and it is worth being precise about it. Personal law sits in Entry 5 of the Concurrent List, so a state can legislate for itself. Uttarakhand has enacted its own uniform civil code. That is a real UCC in force in part of India — and it was drafted by a state government, under a state committee, not by the Centre. It does not discharge a commitment the national party made about its own drafting work, though it does show the promise moving from rhetoric into law somewhere.
The term runs to 2029 and this entry is therefore recorded as too early, not failed. What can be said now is that the commitment has appeared in three consecutive manifestos, that two law commissions were asked and neither reported, and that the Centre has published nothing. Our verdict is lacks context.
BJP Sankalp Patra 2024 — Modi Ki Guarantee
“This Sankalp Patra outlines the collective aspirations and goals of our nation, by our nation and for our nation. As you have seen in the last ten years, it is Modi's Guarantee that every promise made is fulfilled… In the next five years, with your blessings, it is Modi's Guarantee that we will work 24 by 7 for 2047.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4316, Uniform Civil Code — answer by the Ministry of Law and Justice
“(a): No such guidelines were issued by the Government of India to State Governments for implementing the uniform civil code. (b): The Government of India has referred the proposal to undertake examination of various issues relating to uniform civil code and to make recommendation thereon to 21st Law Commission of India (LCI). In this regard, a consultation paper was issued by the 21st LCI for wider discussions. However, no Report on the subject was submitted by them. The 22nd Law Commission of India vide Public Notice dated 14.06.2023 decided again to solicit views and ideas of the public at large and recognised religious organisations over the subject. The term of the 22nd LCI has ended without submitting any Report on the subject. (c): Personal laws relate to Entry 5 of List-III- Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, and hence, the States are empowered to legislate upon them.”