Triple Talaq Bill LIVE Updates: The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till Wednesday after din over the politically sensitive triple talaq bill. The day saw several interruptions in proceedings as the Opposition accused the government of rushing through with the bill, while the Centre accused the Congress of being against gender justice.
The opposition parties had decided to corner the government over the bill in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) and TRS planning to stage a walkout in protest. The parties, which met in the morning to chalk out a strategy for the House, had demanded that the bill be referred to a select committee for review before it is passed.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress had issued whips to their MPs to be present in Parliament today. Having a minority in the Upper House, the BJP is likely to face difficulties in getting the bill passed. The Congress has already made it clear that it will not allow the passage of the proposed bill in its current form.
Earlier in the day, the TDP also issued a whip to its MPs, asking them to be present in the House. “I appeal to them (TDP RS MPs)to obstruct the harassment of Muslims. All opposition parties should fight unitedly against the anti-Muslim attitude of BJP. The govt forcibly imposing triple talaq is a danger for secularism and national integrity," party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said.
Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is piloting the bill, had said there should be no politics on the issue and had stressed that it was not against any particular community.
A whip had been issued by the BJP on Wednesday as well, directing its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha on Thursday, when the bill was tabled in the Lower House. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 245 voting in favour and 11 opposing it amid a walkout by the opposition parties.
The Congress, AIADMK, and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party have vehemently opposed the bill in the Lower House. In addition, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are of the opinion that the bill brings a criminal angle to a legislation on civil matters.
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