As Triple Talaq Bill stalled in RS, Govt blames Cong 'hypocrisy'

New Delhi, Jan 3: Notwithstanding the fact that the Triple Talaq Bill has been stalled in Rajya Sabha as Congress members insisted to refer it to a Select Committee, the government on Wednesday said it would still push for it during the two remaining days of the winter session of Parliament. 

"The Congress party's double standard stands exposed....They could not stall it in
Lok Sabha because we have numbers. Now they are doing it in Rajya Sabha,"
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here shortly after the Rajya
Sabha was adjourned.
The government sources said it will try to push the Bill during two last days of winter
session.
Close on the heels Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day
without taking up the Triple Talaq Bill, the Union Minister accused the Congress party
of indulging in "double standards" and for delaying 'justice' to Muslim women.
"I am sorry to say ....it is a delaying tactics," he said.
"I regret that Congress has taken different stands in Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha. It is their delaying tactic," he said.
He said there was hardly any justification that the Congress party is now opposing the
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 that the principal
opposition party has supported in the Lok Sabha.
"The larger issue is the political hypocrisy of the Congress.
We are open to a meaningful debate," he said.
Moreover, Mr Prasad said there is an urgency in the matter as despite Supreme Court
order, several Muslim women were still falling 'victims' of Triple Talaq especially in
Uttar Pradesh.
However, Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Ranjeet Ranjan justified Congress stance
in the Upper House saying the issues raised by Congress party on the Bill needs
adequate deliberations.
"Even in Lok Sabha, we said the bill should be debated properly," Lok Sabha MP
Ms Ranjeet Ranjan said adding, "We are supporting the bill in both Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha. But we want it sent to a Select Committee". UNI