Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor has expressed that the Indian government cannot implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) without first gaining the trust of the Muslim community. Speaking on Friday, he stressed that in a democratic society, the government must secure the confidence of those likely to be affected by any new law.

“The question of whether to implement the Uniform Civil Code is still under major debate. Without taking the Muslim population – which constitutes 20 per cent of the country – into confidence, it is impossible to implement such a far-reaching law,” Kishor told ANI.