Triple Talaq Bill : Muslim women are happy, but Congress is sad , says Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday attacked the Congress for its “confused” stand on the Triple Talaq Bill and wanted to know why it was sad while the Muslim women were happy.
“These days a number of reforms are being brought in. The Triple Talaq Bill is one of them,” the Minority Affairs Minister told reporters in Delhi.
“The Congress takes one step forward and then 10 steps backward. The party is confused on triple talaq,” he said. “The Muslim women are happy, but I don’t know why the Congress is sad,” he added.
Earlier in the day, the opposition parties met to decide their course of action on the bill. The Congress and some other parties demanded in the Lok Sabha that the bill should be sent to the standing committee but the government rejected their demand. The amendments to the bill moved by the opposition were rejected.
CPI leader D Raja said that the Left wants the bill to be referred to the select committee, accusing the government of “bypassing the committees” on crucial bills.
The government lacks a majority in the upper House and is making efforts for the bill’s smooth passage by reaching out to opposition parties.
The bill to criminalise triple talaq was passed by the Lok Sabha last week.
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