The “Triple Talaq” Bill was introduced in the
Rajya Sabha by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad amidst much sparring between the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition. Tempers ran high and it led to many slips of the tongue. Pointing at the incidents in Maharasthra, the leader of the Opposition in the House, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said "the
BJP was anti-BJP". As the members in the treasury benches burst into laughter,
Azad corrected himself to say that "
BJP was anti-Dalit". As the leader of the House
Arun Jaitley stood up to speak, Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien asked the members to let the "LoG" speak, when he had meant to say the "LoH", or the leader of the House. Ministers, who had been quiet at the beginning of the post-lunch session, were galvanised into action when
BJP chief
Amit Shah entered the House and occupied his seat in the front row.
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