UCC to be implemented in Bengal by following all procedures: Suvendu

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“There is a procedure for UCC implementation, and we will adhere to that. This will be similar to Gujarat and Assam,” West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said. File | Photo Credit: PTI

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (June 26, 2026) said his government would implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state by following due legal procedures, similar to the process adopted by Gujarat and Assam.

Speaking on the sidelines of a government programme to celebrate the 189th birth anniversary of literary icon Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay at College Street in north Kolkata, Mr. Adhikari said the state would adhere to the prescribed process for implementing the UCC.

"There is a procedure for UCC implementation, and we will adhere to that. This will be similar to Gujarat and Assam," he said, referring to the two states that have initiated legislative and administrative steps towards adopting a Uniform Civil Code, governing issues such as marriage, divorce and inheritance.

The BJP government in West Bengal is likely to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the assembly on Monday (June 23, 2026) during its ongoing budget session, much ahead of the party-stated six-month deadline, a source in the Suvendu Adhikari-led cabinet said.

The matter was discussed and finalised in a Business Advisory Committee meeting held in the assembly on Thursday evening (June 25, 2026), he added.

The development could mark one of the most consequential legal and social policy shifts in Bengal in recent times, with the BJP holding the UCC as representing both a major governance promise and a politically significant reform.

Ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, the BJP had pledged in its manifesto that the UCC would be implemented within six months of coming to power in the state. The promise was prominently highlighted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah while unveiling the party's election manifesto, or ‘Sankalp Patra’, in April.

“Several states, including Uttarakhand, Gujar