Home Minister Amit Shah launches a scathing attack on the party for its opposition to the bill
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called the passing of the Triple Talaq Bill, which abolishes the practice of instant talaq, the most historic decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government taken in its five years of governance.
Addressing a gathering in Mavlankar Hall, Constitution Club of New Delhi on the subject of ‘Abolition of Triple Talaq: Correcting a Historic Wrong’ on Sunday, the BJP president said that although there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that triple talaq was a malpractice, it was vote bank politics adopted by the previous governments that allowed such practices to evolve.
Shah launched a scathing attack on Congress, which had heavily opposed the bill in Parliament. He said that parties getting elected on the basis of politics of appeasement and adopting shortcuts made them indifferent to the negative consequences of such malpractices.
Stating that the fight against triple talaq has been going on since years, the Home Minister said it was a way to deny basic rights to crores of Muslim women and strip them off their basic dignity. Shah further said that years ago, Shah Bano had fought a fight against the “evil practice” and challenged it in the Supreme Court. On April 23, 1985, the SC gave the order in favour of her, and abolished triple talaq while maintaining that giving maintenance was mandatory and a reason must be given for talaq.
However, Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government bowed down to the pressure of its orthodox vote bank and overturned the apex court’s order.
Hailing the people of India, who voted the BJP into power in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Shah said, “the election of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister was the beginning of the end of politics of appeasement and the 2019 mandate is to end it forever.”
Pointing out that the BJP government is often criticised for passing the Triple Talaq Bill while going against the Muslim sentiment, the BJP president reiterated that the bill is only for the benefit of the women belonging to the Muslim community, and not for any other community.
Coming down heavily on the Congress, Shah said that the Congress party had “no shame” and continues to oppose the law criminalising triple talaq.
The bill that criminalises instant triple talaq was passed in Parliament’s budget session on July 30, 2019.
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