Former finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said opposition to the triple talaq bill “exposed pseudo liberals” as he hit out at the Congress for giving higher priority to “fundamentalist” vote bank than justice to women.
In a blog, Jaitley said a 'liberal' should be hostile to the idea of discrimination and injustice perpetuated by an oral divorce. Training his guns at Congress, he said the party has ruled this country for a long time and during this period it has amended several personal laws to make them acceptable to the changing social mindset.
“But when it comes to the Shariat, it [Congress] is scared,” he said.
Justifying the provision of punishment in the law, he said such measures will have a strong deterrent effect for those who want to use the weapon of triple talaq. They will think a hundred times before using it due to the onerous consequences of their illegality, Jaitley said.
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Members of AIMPLB's legal committee blamed regional parties for helping the government pass the bill
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Wednesday has decided to call a meeting to decide its next course of action over the triple talaq bill that Parliament cleared a day earlier.
Members of the board, had earlier approached several political parties to put forth their views. The triple talaq bill makes instant divorce in the Muslim community, illegal. The body blamed regional parties for helping the government pass the bill.
Zafaryab Jilani, a senior advocate and member of the board, said the bill completely disregarded the other forms of divorce Muslims have. "The men need to agree for that, but given the criminality involved in the law now, I am not sure how many men will take the risk because the bill doesn’t clearly define talaq,” he said. Islam allows women to initiate divorce too, in form of khula and that has been overlooked according to Jilani.
With inputs from PTI
