New Delhi, June 30 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday opposed the proposed implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal, alleging that it would affect the personal laws and religious beliefs of minority communities and asserting that his party would resist any such move both politically and in the Assembly.

Speaking to ANI, Roy accused the BJP of attempting to "communalise" the issue and said the TMC had consistently opposed the UCC.

"We have always opposed the Uniform Civil Code. This is an effort by the BJP government to communalise the issue. It was generally accepted that the Uniform Civil Code would not be imposed without the consent of the minority communities. Now, the Uniform Civil Code that i...