Congress Says It Will Oppose Some Provisions Of Triple Talaq Bill

With the gove💞rnment all set to bring a fresh bill in Parliament to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, the Congress on Thursday said there are still some issues which it will dꩲebate and oppose.

The bill will be introduced in the Budget session which begins on Monday to replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led NDA governm𓄧ent. With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the previous bill had lapsed as🍨 it was pending in Rajya Sabha.

Asked about the bill, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: "We had raised a number of issues. Many of the contentious issues the government had agreed upon.... So we had succe⛦ss after a long time."

"A lot of time would have been saved if the government had agreed on our points earlier. Now one or two issues are left for example financial se⭕curity for the family on which we will debate and oppose," he said.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage)✨ Bill, which made the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, had faced objections from the opposition parties which claimed that jail term for a man for divorcing his wife was legally untenable.

The fresh bill was clea꧑red by the Uni𝓡on Cabinet on Wednesday.

In the first session of 🍷the 17th Lok Sabha, the new government plans to convert 10 ordinances, including the one♏ to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, into law.

The ordinances were issued in February-March this year by the previous government as these could not be converted intℱo Acts of Parliament in the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha.

Since the Narendra Modi government returned to power in the recently held elections, it has decided to♛ g♔ive a fresh push to these proposed laws in the newly-constituted Lok Sabha.

These ordinances will have to be converted into laws within 45 days o✃f th⛦e beginning of the session, else they will lapse.

PTI