India, April 3 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday reiterated the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) promise to introduce a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the country, reemphasising that tribals will be kept out of its purview.

"If you form a BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party]-led government in Assam, we will bring UCC, which will ensure that no one marries four times. And I assure that tribals will be kept outside of the purview. We know who it should cover," Shah said at an election rally in Goalpara ahead of the April 9 assembly polls in Assam.

The BJP on Tuesday released a 31-point manifesto for the polls, promising UCC, a contentious and polarising issue, which refers to a common set of laws for personal matters such as marriage, div...