The Bhajanlal Sharma government in Rajasthan has taken a significant step towards implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. The government has constituted a high-level committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, which will prepare the draft of the Rajasthan Uniform Civil Code-2026. Earlier, in a cabinet meeting held on 14 April, the proposal to bring the UCC had already received approval, and the formation of this committee marks a further step forward. The proposed UCC may include provisions such as mandatory registration of marriage and divorce, a ban on polygamy, registration of live-in relationships, and equal rights for sons and daughters in ancestral property. The government has clarified that the traditions of tribal communities and their constitutional protections will be preserved. The committee has also been entrusted with the responsibility of holding public dialogue at the divisional level and collecting suggestions from common people, signalling that the law will be framed on the basis of wide consultation rather than targeting any particular community. Politically, the move follows Uttarakhand, where the BJP first implemented a UCC. Analysts note that the UCC has long been part of the BJP's ideological agenda, alongside issues like the Ram Temple, abrogation of Article 370 and triple talaq. With the next Rajasthan Assembly elections due in 2028, the government appears keen to place ideological issues at the centre of political discourse while presenting the UCC as a reform advancing women's rights, equal justice and uniformity in marriage and divorce processes.