NEW DELHI: The invoice to criminalise fast triple talaq made little headway within the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid indications that it might now be referred to a make a selection committee even because the opposition and government exchanged heated political barbs that led to the House being adjourned for the day via past due afternoon.
The impasse within the Upper House saw BJP best friend TDP join the opposition ranks in searching for to move a answer to send the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 to a make a selection committee — it contains Rajya Sabha participants — for additional vetting.
There used to be no determination on whether a panel could be set up, however the government did not seem disinclined to consider any such proposal as BJP leaders felt that they had made a point in arguing that whilst the celebration used to be keen to offer teeth to a Supreme Court ruling preserving triple talaq, or fast divorce, amongst Muslims unconstitutional, the opposition is stalling the transfer. Besides Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress, the proposal for a make a selection committee used to be sponsored via AIADMK, BSP, DMK, NCP, CPI, CPI(M), TDP, RJD, BJD, JMM, IUML and nominated member KTS Tulsi.
BJP leaders felt the limits of Congress's "soft Hindu" tactics seen within the fresh Gujarat election have been exposed with the primary opposition allying with the Left and regional outfits like SP, BSP, NCP and RJD in opposing criminalisation of triple talaq and making it punishable with athree-year jail time period. Congress leaders argued that BJP used to be searching for credit for what have been set out within the SC order and over-reading portions that speak of the desire for a regulation via Parliament.
Congress saw the opposition mobilisation, with TDP additionally crossing over, as a rationale for supporting the committee possibility with numbers on its side and is company on insisting on a vote. Congress leaders additionally feel that via insisting on a brief deadline they can counter the price of delaying the invoice to the detriment of Muslim women. The invoice may simplest be tabled via the government after 3pm with proceedings repeatedly disrupted over the violence in Pune.
Sure of the opposition numbers within the House, chief of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad referred to as for a vote on the make a selection committee proposal, striking the government on the backfoot and finally leading to the adjournment of the House. Leader of the House and finance minister Arun Jaitley accused Congress of derailing abill that it had approved within the Lok Sabha.
He pointed to flaws within the rule underneath which Congress sought to move a answer searching for to refer the invoice to a make a selection committee. Both aspects accused each different of using the issue for vote-bank politics. Jaitley said the legislature must work responsibly because the SC, whilst terming triple talaq unconstitutional, had barred it for six months and that a law searching for to criminalise the practice needed to come into impact inside of that period.
Congress MP Kapil Sibal despite the fact that accused Jaitley of deceptive the House, pronouncing that simplest the minority verdict used to be being quoted and that there is not any urgency within the matter.
The impasse within the Upper House saw BJP best friend TDP join the opposition ranks in searching for to move a answer to send the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 to a make a selection committee — it contains Rajya Sabha participants — for additional vetting.
There used to be no determination on whether a panel could be set up, however the government did not seem disinclined to consider any such proposal as BJP leaders felt that they had made a point in arguing that whilst the celebration used to be keen to offer teeth to a Supreme Court ruling preserving triple talaq, or fast divorce, amongst Muslims unconstitutional, the opposition is stalling the transfer. Besides Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress, the proposal for a make a selection committee used to be sponsored via AIADMK, BSP, DMK, NCP, CPI, CPI(M), TDP, RJD, BJD, JMM, IUML and nominated member KTS Tulsi.
BJP leaders felt the limits of Congress's "soft Hindu" tactics seen within the fresh Gujarat election have been exposed with the primary opposition allying with the Left and regional outfits like SP, BSP, NCP and RJD in opposing criminalisation of triple talaq and making it punishable with athree-year jail time period. Congress leaders argued that BJP used to be searching for credit for what have been set out within the SC order and over-reading portions that speak of the desire for a regulation via Parliament.
Congress saw the opposition mobilisation, with TDP additionally crossing over, as a rationale for supporting the committee possibility with numbers on its side and is company on insisting on a vote. Congress leaders additionally feel that via insisting on a brief deadline they can counter the price of delaying the invoice to the detriment of Muslim women. The invoice may simplest be tabled via the government after 3pm with proceedings repeatedly disrupted over the violence in Pune.
Sure of the opposition numbers within the House, chief of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad referred to as for a vote on the make a selection committee proposal, striking the government on the backfoot and finally leading to the adjournment of the House. Leader of the House and finance minister Arun Jaitley accused Congress of derailing abill that it had approved within the Lok Sabha.
He pointed to flaws within the rule underneath which Congress sought to move a answer searching for to refer the invoice to a make a selection committee. Both aspects accused each different of using the issue for vote-bank politics. Jaitley said the legislature must work responsibly because the SC, whilst terming triple talaq unconstitutional, had barred it for six months and that a law searching for to criminalise the practice needed to come into impact inside of that period.
Congress MP Kapil Sibal despite the fact that accused Jaitley of deceptive the House, pronouncing that simplest the minority verdict used to be being quoted and that there is not any urgency within the matter.
Triple talaq bill hits opposition hurdle in Rajya Sabha
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