LUCKNOW, Oct. 30 -- Sounding the poll bugle for the 2027 state elections, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would enact the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttar Pradesh when it returns to power for a third consecutive term.

Shah asserted that the BJP would form the next government and that the Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav and Congress's Rahul Gandhi didn't stand a chance and could keep dreaming about coming to power in Uttar Pradesh.

"This time, when the government comes to power, UCC will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh. UCC has already been implemented in many states," Shah said.

UCC refers to a common set of laws for personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and succession ...