Guwahati, May 26: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has sharply criticised the Uniform Civil Code Bill introduced in the Assam Assembly, describing it as a “backdoor imposition” of Hindu law on Muslims. He argued that the legislation enforces Hindu principles on succession, inheritance, and divorce, while exempting tribal communities from its ambit.

In a post on X, the Hyderabad MP wrote that “only Hindu culture is being protected, while Muslims have to comply with these so-called uniform rules.” He contended that the Bill undermines Islamic inheritance practices, which prohibit exclusion of heirs and ensure daughters’ rights in property.

The Assam government on Monday tabled The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 Bill, which seeks to ban polygamy, mandate registration of marriages and divorces, and make live-in relationships legally accountable. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the Statement of Objects and Reasons, said the Bill aims to consolidate and modernise laws governing marriage, divorce, succession, and live-in relationships to ensure fairness and equal distribution of property.

While the Bill excludes Scheduled Tribes from its scope, Owaisi questioned why only tribal autonomy was protected under Article 29, claiming that the measure was neither uniform nor inclusive. He asserted that the Constituent Assembly had never envisioned a mandatory UCC and warned that the proposed law could deny daughters their rightful inheritance by allowing wills that exclude them.