Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today asserted that triple talaq is not a religious issue as it has no sanction in Shariat amid a raging debate on the issue.He also hit out at the Congress for keeping ‘silence’ on the matter for past several years.
“Triple talaq is not a religious issue as it has no sanction in Shariat. It is a matter of right of equality and right to live with dignity of Muslim women along with other women.
“Why this discrimination…this must be put to an endand it should not be politicised,” Naidu, who holds the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting, told reporters.
On senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with politicising the triple talaq issue to gain political mileage, Naidu said, “What the PM said yesterday is that the Muslim society should think on this.”
“You (Congress) say you are champions of minorities. You don’t have concern for women among the minorities. It is aquestion of inequality and discrimination against the women onthe basis of religion. Why you kept silent for all theseyears. They should answer this,” he said. — PTI
