Modi calls for secular civil code, underlines it is need of hour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a secular civil code in the country during his address to the nation on the 78th Independence Day. In his speech, PM Modi said that the civil code that the country is living with right now is communal in nature whereas a secular civil code is needed in the country.

"Supreme Court has held discussions regarding Uniform Civil Code, again and again, it has given orders several times," noted Modi.

"A large section of the country believes - and it is true, that the Civil Code that we are living with is actually a Communal Civil Code in a way...a civil code with discrimination," he said.