INDIA
BJP’S COMMUNAL POLITICS BEHIND TRIPLE TALAQ BILL
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2018-07-17 10:31
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Is there politics behind the Triple Talaq Bill, which the Modi government is keen to push through in the ensuing Monsoon session? Will it be passed or sent to the select committee for further scrutiny or will it be buried? The Lok Sabha passed the Bill in December 2017, where the BJP has majority but it is difficult to get it through in Rajya Sabha where NDA does not have the numbers. While the measure was allowed to sail though in Lok Sabha, the Congress led opposition now wants the bill to be sent to select committee. The government obviously fears that if it went to the select committee it would undergo changes but there is clearly an absence of a reach-out in building a consensus.