A view shows residential buildings and hotels in Joshimath, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Lawmakers in a small Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday approved landmark legislation to unify personal laws across religions, a moved opposed by many minority Muslims.
Approval by the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand makes it the first in the country after independence from Britain to implement a Uniform Civil Code, a contentious decades-old BJP promise, months before national elections.
