BREAKING NEWS: Crucial decision on Triple Talaq Bill tabling at Rajya Sabha as it Rescheduled to tomorrow.
A bill that criminalizes instant triple talaq among Muslims was set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Finally, decisions are made that the bill should table at Rajya Sabha tomorrow.
It has been listed for today but as far as left parties are concerned, we will demand that bill should be referred to Select Committee of Rajya Sabha said, D Raja of CPI.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which has already been passed by the Lok Sabha, makes instant triple illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband. The bill is listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha by law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
NCP says it is against the criminalization of triple talaq, proposes the bill be sent for reconsideration to the Select Committee.
BJP issues a three-line whip for all its Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, asking them to remain present in Parliament on Jan 2 and 3 for passage of several crucial bills during the period
CPI’s Rajya Sabha member D Raja says that the triple talaq bill has been listed for today, “but as far as Left parties are concerned, we will demand that bill should be referred to Select Committee of Rajya Sabha”.
“The way the triple talaq bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, it will be passed in Rajya Sabha too with constructive debate and discussion. Hope the opposition, including the Congress, supports it,” says Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The government hopes Congress and other parties support triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha.
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