KOLKATA: The Triple Talaq Bill has been a major ballot plank of the BJP, with the party attempting its very best to woo a section of minorities with the regulation, at the same time as those who had led the crusade in opposition to the practice continue to combat for his or her survival.
In its just lately launched manifesto for Lok Sabha polls, the saffron party, which didn't legislate the invoice in Parliament due to stiff resistance by way of the opposition, has pledged to do away with the practices of fast talaq and nikah halala if re-elected to power.
Vijaya Rahatkar, the national president of the party's Mahila Morcha, said the efforts of the Narendra Modi executive to move the Triple Talaq Bill "will surely yield positive results for the BJP" in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Ironically, anti-triple talaq champions - Ishrat Jahan, Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri - who had moved the Supreme Court to hunt an end to the practice of fast divorce continue to reside in abject poverty, with little or no method of income.
The courtroom, in a landmark judgment in 2017, held the practice "void" and "unconstitutional".
Divorced in April 2015, Ishrat Jahan lives with her two kids in neighbouring Howrah district.
"I am struggling to make both ends meet. I don't have money to send my children to school. As of now, I depend on my relatives for financial assistance," she told PTI.
Jahan had joined the BJP in 2018 and was once first of all anticipated to be one of the crucial primary minority faces of the party in Bengal. It was once also speculated that she would figure in BJP's listing of Lok Sabha candidates in the state.
"Things appear to have changed. I am not in touch with the party any more. At times I visit party meetings, but that's about it," she said, when requested if the BJP leaders inquire about her.
The tale isn't any other for Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri, who reside below traumatic monetary prerequisites with no help from their divorced husbands.
"She doesn't have any income of her own ... We try to help her in whatever way we can," Bano's brother Arshad told PTI from Uttar Pradesh.
Sabri's brother Rizwan, who is a resident of Uttarakhand, said the family needs the courtroom matter to be disposed off soon. He appealed to each the state and central governments to appear into the early disposal of the case.
"My sister stays with me. She is part of my family. We don't want any financial help, we just want this matter to end soon," Rizwan said.
Two other petitioners, Afreen Rahman and Gulshan Parween, may just not be contacted.
Rahatkar, when apprised of the condition of the 3 ladies, said she had met Jahan and confident her of monetary assistance.
"We should always stand by those women who have suffered but not given up. I spoke to Ishrat and told her that we will provide assistance if she needed to send her children to school. We are also willing to give her loan under the government's Mudra scheme to help her start a business," Rahatkar told PTI.
Arguing that the triple Talaq Bill does not empower ladies, Sushmita, the president of All India Mahila Congress, said "criminalizing the practice isn't the solution".
"How does it (bill) help a Muslim woman? Punishing the husband does not guarantee financial support for the woman. If you talk about empowering a woman, you have to find her suitable means of income," Dev said.
Uzma Alam, the convenor of Bengal unit of the ladies's cell of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said "no one but Jahan was responsible for her precarious condition".
"When she had issues with her husband and was given the talaq, I told her that we would help her in finding a job and make arrangements for her remarriage. But she had other things in her mind so she can't blame anybody for her condition now," she added
In its just lately launched manifesto for Lok Sabha polls, the saffron party, which didn't legislate the invoice in Parliament due to stiff resistance by way of the opposition, has pledged to do away with the practices of fast talaq and nikah halala if re-elected to power.
Vijaya Rahatkar, the national president of the party's Mahila Morcha, said the efforts of the Narendra Modi executive to move the Triple Talaq Bill "will surely yield positive results for the BJP" in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Ironically, anti-triple talaq champions - Ishrat Jahan, Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri - who had moved the Supreme Court to hunt an end to the practice of fast divorce continue to reside in abject poverty, with little or no method of income.
The courtroom, in a landmark judgment in 2017, held the practice "void" and "unconstitutional".
Divorced in April 2015, Ishrat Jahan lives with her two kids in neighbouring Howrah district.
"I am struggling to make both ends meet. I don't have money to send my children to school. As of now, I depend on my relatives for financial assistance," she told PTI.
Jahan had joined the BJP in 2018 and was once first of all anticipated to be one of the crucial primary minority faces of the party in Bengal. It was once also speculated that she would figure in BJP's listing of Lok Sabha candidates in the state.
"Things appear to have changed. I am not in touch with the party any more. At times I visit party meetings, but that's about it," she said, when requested if the BJP leaders inquire about her.
The tale isn't any other for Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri, who reside below traumatic monetary prerequisites with no help from their divorced husbands.
"She doesn't have any income of her own ... We try to help her in whatever way we can," Bano's brother Arshad told PTI from Uttar Pradesh.
Sabri's brother Rizwan, who is a resident of Uttarakhand, said the family needs the courtroom matter to be disposed off soon. He appealed to each the state and central governments to appear into the early disposal of the case.
"My sister stays with me. She is part of my family. We don't want any financial help, we just want this matter to end soon," Rizwan said.
Two other petitioners, Afreen Rahman and Gulshan Parween, may just not be contacted.
Rahatkar, when apprised of the condition of the 3 ladies, said she had met Jahan and confident her of monetary assistance.
"We should always stand by those women who have suffered but not given up. I spoke to Ishrat and told her that we will provide assistance if she needed to send her children to school. We are also willing to give her loan under the government's Mudra scheme to help her start a business," Rahatkar told PTI.
Arguing that the triple Talaq Bill does not empower ladies, Sushmita, the president of All India Mahila Congress, said "criminalizing the practice isn't the solution".
"How does it (bill) help a Muslim woman? Punishing the husband does not guarantee financial support for the woman. If you talk about empowering a woman, you have to find her suitable means of income," Dev said.
Uzma Alam, the convenor of Bengal unit of the ladies's cell of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said "no one but Jahan was responsible for her precarious condition".
"When she had issues with her husband and was given the talaq, I told her that we would help her in finding a job and make arrangements for her remarriage. But she had other things in her mind so she can't blame anybody for her condition now," she added
Triple talaq crusaders continue to fight for survival
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