NEW DELHI:
BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday called the ordinance making the practice of
triple talaq a punishable offence historic and said it is also a matter of introspection and guilt for those political parties which forced Muslim women to suffer from it due to their vote bank politics.
Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Cabinet's nod to the ordinance,
Amit Shah said in tweets that the decision will allow Muslim women to live with dignity in society.
Targeting opposition parties such as the
Congress, he said, "This ordinance is also a matter of guilt and introspection for them as they forced Muslims women to suffer from this bad practice for decades due to their vote bank politics."
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an ordinance to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, with law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying there was a "compelling necessity" to bring the measure as instances of 'talaq-e-biddat' continued unabated despite the Supreme Court striking it down.
Under the proposed ordinance, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
Amit Shah (File photo)
