Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched for adopting a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), hitting out against those supporting the practice of Triple Talaq and criticising the Opposition for pursuing the politics of appeasement.

During his visit to poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Modi addressed BJP workers selected from across the country for having made effective contributions in empowering their booths under the party's 'Mera Booth Sabse Majboot' campaign, reports PTI.

In a question and answer session with party workers in Bhopal after flagging off five Vande Bharat trains, PM Modi took multiple jibes at the Opposition and said that the BJP had decided it won’t adopt the path of appeasement and vote bank politics in the run-up to the polls, television channels reported.

“Some people live only for their party, want to do good to the party and they do all this because they get a share of corruption, commission, cut money. The path they have chosen does not require much effort and this is the path of appeasement,” PM Modi said.

Asked by a BJP worker about triple talaq, PM Modi said: "The people who advocate Triple Talaq are votebank-hungry people, and they are doing injustice to Muslim women... Triple Talaq destroys the entire family."

"Muslim-majority countries have also banned Triple Talaq. Recently, I was in Egypt...They abolished Triple Talaq around 80-90 years ago," he added

In his speech, PM Modi also batted for a uniform civil code: "Today people are being instigated in the name of UCC. How can the country be run on two (laws)? The Constitution also talks of equal rights...Supreme Court has also asked to implement UCC."

He also accused the Opposition of opposing the UCC for "vote bank politics".

In another swipe at the Opposition, Modi said that the country's Pasmanda Muslims have been facing widespread discrimination in the name of vote bank politics.

"Our Pasmanda Muslim brothers and sisters' lives have been made hell by those who do vote-banks. They live a life of struggle. No one listens to them. They have been discriminated against so much, but there has been no debate on this. Even today, Pasmanda Muslims are not given an equal share. They are thought of as untouchables," he said.

Speaking about the Opposition's recent attempts to band together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Modi said that this was a reflection of their "helplessness".

"People and parties who used to abuse each other are now falling on each other's feet, and this reflects their helplessness," he said. "Don't be angry, pity them."

Accusing the Opposition of being self-serving, the Prime Minister said that these parties had adopted the "path of appeasement", which, he said, would ultimately lead to the "destruction" of the country.

"Some people live only for their party, want to do good to the party and they do all this because they get a share of corruption, commission, cut money. The path they have chosen does not require much effort and this is the path of appeasement," he said.

"Their politics runs only by keeping the poor poor, the deprived deprived. This path of appeasement can give benefits for a few days but it is a great destroyer for the country. It stops the development of the country, increases discrimination in the country, brings destruction in the country... creates a wall in society," he added.