NEW DELHI: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today accused Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her daughter Priyanka, and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of practising “vote bank politics” by keeping silent on the issue of triple talaq.
He also lashed out at Congress leader Kapil Sibal for comparing Muslims’ “faith” in triple talaq to those of Hindus in Ram temple, calling it “disgraceful. Prasad said Sibal compared a “social bane” to the majority community’s “belief”.
In an interaction at Aaj Tak, he said Rajiv Gandhi might have “bowed” under pressure on Muslim women’s rights but Prime Minister Narendra Modi will stand solidly with them. He was apparently referring to the Shah Bano case in which a 62- year-old Muslim woman was divorced by her husband. She filed a criminal suit in the Supreme Court and won alimony. However, she was subsequently denied the alimony when Parliament reversed the judgement. (AGENCIES)
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