Mumbai, June 23 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) should be discussed based on its merits, while also raising broader questions on uniformity across governance systems.

Thackeray said that uniformity should not be limited to personal laws but also extended to governance and administrative practices.

"The Uniform Civil Code should first discuss it based on its merits. Secondly and most importantly, there must be uniformity across all laws; for instance, if agencies like the ED or CBI are going behind someone, we should examine how many individuals from the ruling party are targeted versus those from the opposition--there needs to be uniformity there as well," he told reporters....