Triple Talaq Bill: BJP Entering Our Houses, Says Mehbooba Mufti

New Delhi, December 31: As the government is set to table the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the proposed legislation. Mehbooba Mufti said the BJP is trying to interfere in personal matters through the Triple Talaq Bill.

"By bringing the Triple Talaq Bill, they (BJP) are entering our houses. This will disturb our family life and also, there'll be more problems for women and men economically," news agency ANI quoted Mufti as saying. The PDP chief further called the BJP hypocrite for opposing reservations for Muslims. Mufti, a divorcee, said she knows the pain of a broken marriage. Swamy Hopeful of Rajya Sabha Nod to Triple Talaq Bill.

"I have gone through a broken marriage and I feel that women face the biggest challenge economically after her marriage is broken. When we talk about reservations for Muslims, BJP rejects it on religious lines. But when it comes to this kind of law, then they run to Parliament," she said. The PDP had formed a government with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir after 2014 polls. The BJP had walked out of the coalition in June, causing the elected government to fall.

While the government has managed to pass the amended Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 in Lok Sabha, the legislation faces a tough test in Rajya Sabha where the BJP is way short of the half-way mark of 123. The Opposition parties on Monday held a meeting and decided to demand that the bill be referred to the select committee for further deliberations.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 has been listed as the number one item under the head legislative business in the Upper House where the opposition has greater numbers, given the fact that BJP's friendly party, AIADMK, has also opposed the legislation.

The Lok Sabha has passed the bill although Congress and other opposition parties and AIADMK walked out of the House before the bill was put to vote as the government had rejected the demand for referring it to a joint select committee.

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