BJP 'befooling' Muslim women with triple talaq bill: Cong

January 03, 2018 19:28

The Congress today accused the BJP of "befooling" Muslim women with the triple talaq bill that seeks to make the practice a criminal offence, alleging that it has no provision for their welfare in case their husbands

are jailed.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said 18 opposition parties including the Congress wanted to send the bill to a Select Committee for its proper scrutiny before it becomes a law, but the government did not allow it.

He alleged that the BJP does not believe in democracy and that is why it did not allow the motion moved by the opposition to send the bill to a select committee.

Azad said the BJP is projecting itself as a "messiah" for Muslim women and claiming to be champions of their welfare and rights, but has not made any provision for their welfare.

"This government is trying to mislead Muslim women and the general public," he alleged at a press conference.

"What are they giving to Muslim women. They are merely projecting themselves as their 'messiah', but they are in fact only trying to befool the Muslim women," he said.

Congress leader M Veerappa Moily opposed criminalising triple talaq, alleging that he BJP had adopted a "sadistic approach" and was "taking revenge" against a community.

-- PTI

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