Triple Talaq Bill conflicts Civil Law and Criminal Law: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday opposed the introduction of Triple Talaq Bill who said even as he is against the instant Talaw, he is opposed to criminalization of a civil offence.
Tharoor while suggesting that the scope of the bill should be extended to all communities said “abandoning or deserting wives and dependents is not unique to the Muslim community why not make a law which universally criminalizes the abandonment of family and dependents”.
“I am not defending tripple Talaq when I'm opposing the text and drafts and thrust of this bill. This bill conflicts civil law and criminal law by criminalizing the act of triple talaq which is an irregular form of divorce. Already null and void in our country post the decision of the Supreme Court in Shayara Banu v/s Union of India” Tharoor clarified.
Tharoor while calling the bill ‘class legislation pointed at one community’ said the bill is in violation of the Article 14 and 15 of the constitution. Tharoor noted “By framing a law specifically criminalizing Muslim husbands for a void act that is already declared void by the Supreme Court of India, without having an universally applicable law for desertion the bill is a textbook example of a class legislation which is pointed at one community and class. And this violates the Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution”.
Pointing that the bill does no good to improve the status of Muslim women, Tharoor said “The bill does nothing to improve the status of Muslim women who suffer from numerous other difficulties including the right unilateral divorce by their husbands being coerced to engage in Nikah halal and so on therefore this bill cannot be right under article 21 of the constitution”.
Tharoor also urged the speaker to refer the bill to the standing committee before concluding his remarks on the introduction of the bill.
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PM's silence on Kharge's insult by Himanta is his consent: Rahul
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the use of "derogatory language" against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is an insult to the entire SC/ST community, and the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter "is not his helplessness, but his consent".
"If the prime minister sees an attack on the dignity of crores of Dalits in the country and does not speak up - he is not only shirking his responsibility, but is also a party to that insult," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.
Gandhi said the use of "vulgar and derogatory language" by Sarma against Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Kharge "is entirely condemnable, shameful, and unacceptable".
"Kharge ji is a senior and popular Dalit leader of the country - his experience, stature, and prestige are unparalleled. Insulting him is not an insult to one individual alone, but also to crores of people from the SC-ST community in this country," he posted.
This, he said, just reflected the "old and premeditated mindset" of the BJP-RSS and was nothing new, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha said.
"Whether it is the insult to Babasaheb Ambedkar, belittling Dalit leaders, or personal attacks on representatives of the SC-ST community - the history of BJP and RSS bears witness that whenever a Dalit leader speaks the truth, they stoop to humiliate him," he posted.
"This is their ideology, this is their true character and face," he added.
Posing a direct question to the PM, he asked, "do you support Himanta Sarma's use of this language? Your silence is not helplessness, it is consent."
Sarma earlier hit out at Kharge, claiming that he was "speaking like a madman" due to old age, after the latter put the onus on central agencies to probe the charges made against the Assam chief minister.
Slamming the Congress chief, Sarma said, "Kharge is ageing and is speaking like a pagal (madman)."
