Opposing the criminalisation aspect of the triple talaq Bill, the Congress on Tuesday said the Bill does not give a thoughtful consideration of the situation of Mulsim women. Initiating the debate on the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, the Congress lawmaker Amee Yajnik said,’ this Bill was moved without a thoughtful consideration of the women’s situation. The criminalisation angle in the draft is dangerous one. ‘
Talking about about the fate of the woman whose husband would end up in jail because of this Bill, she said,“If the husband is in jail, how would she survive? “ She also said that women across religions, across caste face desertion. “Why does this government not care about the plight of all women ”, she asked.
Arguing against the bill, she said,’ this Bill is to abolish triple talaq, but the SC has already struck it down. How can you bring a law to strike down something that has already been struck down by the SC?’ She also said that Bill has brought a stranger, an alien factor, into the private realm of husband and wife and says it violates the dignity of the woman. “This Bill is useless if it does not uphold the dignity of the woman.”
