Mumbai, Nov. 10 -- AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra government's proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC), alleging that the move was aimed at targeting Muslims and imposing a "Hindu Civil Code" on non-Hindu communities.

Addressing a press conference here, Owaisi said the Mahayuti government had invited public opinion on the implementation of the UCC and prepared a questionnaire for the consultation. He claimed that the questions indicated that the Devendra Fadnavis-led government had already decided to implement the code.

'"The subject of the press conference today is that the Maharashtra Government has invited opinions from the public to implement UCC. The state government has also prepared a questionnai...