'The only new thing is UCC Bill is that police can now enter your bedroom'

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:01]In the same reaction note, today UCC has been passed, yes the bill has been passed and along with that the opposition had also made a demand to forward it to the Select Committee, so what is your stand on that matter, what future course will the opposition take, see we could not stop the bill because we do not have the numbers but as a responsible opposition we did a part, we tried to raise the issues that will affect the people, people that will affect the public because whatever is there in the bill is already there, it is all in the Domestic Violence Act, it is in the POCSO Act, what is new is that after a live-in relationship, the registration will be sent to the police and now the police can enter your bedroom. So it is not only about bridge of privacy, it is also about women safety. So we raised the issue but unfortunately we could not stop the bill because of the numbers we have.

[00:00:47]But let's see now our CLP will decide the rest of the course of action. Chief Minister also said that UCC will act