Guwahati: Opposition parties in Assam have opposed the newly-formed BJP-led govt’s decision to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.Congress, Raijor Dal and AIUDF condemned the move, which is set to be taken up in the first assembly session later this month. They questioned the govt’s motive behind introducing UCC in Assam immediately after securing a decisive mandate.AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal said, “BJP’s work is to instigate infighting between Mandir and Masjid. They will bring UCC, we will oppose. They will bring Mandir-Masjid, Hindu-Muslim talks, we will protest.”He reminded CM Himanta Biswa Sarma that winning 102 seats in a 126-member House was a huge mandate and urged the govt to concentrate on infrastructure, education and development. “The govt should do justice to all religions. We do not want infightings or UCC,” Ajmal, the newly elected MLA from Binnakandi, said.Ajmal added that Himanta should first understand the meaning of UCC by looking it up in the dictionary. He argued that excluding some groups from the scope of the UCC, while targeting others, cannot be described as uniform.In its first meeting on Wednesday, the new Assam cabinet approved the implementation of UCC in the state.However, it was also decided that tribal populations, both in the hills and plains, will remain outside its scope.Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi reacted to the cabinet’s decision saying the BJP-led govt is not trying to fulfil the vision of the Constitution’s framers. Instead, they want to divide society.“Through UCC, they want to dominate over one section of citizens. BJP, in various states, is trying to create first-class and second-class citizens (through UCC),” he alleged.Gogoi also voiced concern that tribal communities may lose their special status one day, and over time, their freedom could be eroded by BJP bringing their local traditions and customs under political thoughts.He said if BJP truly wants uniformity, then citizens should be guaranteed equal rights, equal status and equal treatment under the law.Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi said, “In the first cabinet, a decision had to be made to protect the people of Assam from the country’s economic crisis. Instead, a decision was taken to introduce UCC to teach Muslims a lesson and to attack individual freedom!”In a social media post, he alleged that CM Sarma decided to introduce the bill in the first assembly session of his second term to impose the ideologies of Delhi and Nagpur on Assam, promoting religious intolerance and conservatism over modern values.