Hyderabad, April 7 -- Telangana BJP President Ramchander Rao on Tuesday backed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asserting that it is a long-standing ideological commitment of the Bharatiya Janata Party and necessary to ensure justice for women and marginalised communities.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remarks that "serious discussions" are taking place on issues like UCC and One Nation One Election (ONOE), Rao said, "The honourable prime minister's statement that UCC, that is, Uniform Civil Code, and One Nation, One Election, are soon to be implemented because they are our ideological plank."

He underlined that the BJP has consistently supported key structural reforms since its early days.

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