'Big move to empower women', 'unconstitutional': Reactions pour in as Cabinet approves triple talaq ordinance
FirstpostThe Congress alleged that the Centre was taking fake credit for the triple talaq ordinance, whereas activists said not only Muslim men but even Hindus should face action for abandoning their wives. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, too, targeted the Congress, saying, “As many as 22 Muslim countries have regulated triple talaq by various measures, but in a secular country like India, gender justice was given a complete go-by because of vote bank politics.” Moreover, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said : “This ordinance will strengthen the hands of our Muslim sisters and offer them a life of equal rights and dignity in marriage, and above all, it will make them equal partners in our nation’s progress without fear or insecurity.” ‘Subterfuge, subversion, suppression and diversion of truth’ Soon after the law minister’s press conference, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said “subterfuge, subversion, suppression and diversion of truth’ were ingrained in the DNA of the Modi govt and the BJP. We not only welcomed the SC judgment quashing triple talaq as a victory for the rights of Muslim women, but it was INC leaders,who represented the women petitioners before the SC,” he said. — Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri September 19, 2018 India got independence on 15th August 1947 Indian muslim women got on 19 September 2018 #TripleTalaq — Dr Gill September 19, 2018 Women’s rights activists question government’s intention However, a few women’s activists condemned the government’s decision to make instant triple talaq a penal offence, saying it was a “politicised move” made without the complications it could pose to Muslim women being taken into consideration.