India, Sept. 14 -- AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement that BJP-led NDA governments in 21 states would introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) before 2029, questioning whether the alliance partners had an "independent voice".

Owaisi said the BJP's allies should demonstrate that they were not merely "choti BJP".

In a post on X, he also referred to the Law Commission appointed by the NDA government, claiming it had concluded that a UCC was neither necessary nor desirable.

Owaisi said India's "soul" was its pluralism and alleged that implementing a UCC would amount to imposing Hindu law on non-Hindus.

"It's ironic that the BJP wants a UCC while its own states pass laws like th...