New Delhi : Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday introduced a fresh bill to ban instant triple talaq in the Lok Sabha. Prasad said, ‘This is not a matter of religion, caste or community this will help protect the rights of Muslim women.
Introducing the Bill amid protest by the Congress and AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi opposition demanding that it should not be tabled before thorough consultation with the parties from the other side of the treasury bench.
AMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi also took a dig at the BJP, saying the party has so much affection for Muslim women but is opposed to rights of Hindu women to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. He went on to say that the bill violates constitutional rights as it stipulates three-year jail term for Muslim men while non-Muslim men get only one year of jail term for a similar offence, he said.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who said even as he is against instant talaq, he is opposed to considering a civil offence as a criminal offence. He suggested the scope of the Bill should be extended to women of all communities.
Tharoor said abandoning of women by their husbands is not unique to Muslim community and is equally prevalent among other communities. So, why not make a universal law to provide protection to all women, he argued.
BJP is political arm of the RSS and the whole world knows RSS is hindutva communalists undemocratic majoritarian fascist organization. This explains their drafting of the bill. Gradually their aim is to replace the constitution with Manu Smriti.
Extending Triple Talaq Bill to all communities means Muslims Demanding UNIFORM CIVIL CODE BILL.