Overview
- On Friday, October 30, 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the BJP Uttar Pradesh State Working Committee that the party will implement a Uniform Civil Code in the state if it wins the 2027 Assembly election.
- Shah used Ramayana imagery to say the BJP’s position in Uttar Pradesh is unshakable and predicted the Samajwadi Party would stay out of power for 30 years.
- He attacked the Samajwadi Party over the October 30, 1990 Ayodhya police firing on kar sevaks and contrasted that episode with the BJP’s role in building the Ram temple.
- Shah rejected opposition claims of vote theft, challenged rivals to debate the issue in Parliament, and presented the meeting as part of formal preparations for the 2027 campaign.
- The meeting in Lucknow was attended by senior BJP figures including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and state president Pankaj Chaudhary, underscoring the party’s coordinated election strategy.