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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today advocated equal rights for Muslim women saying there should be no discrimination on religious grounds.
Addressing a public rally at Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said that issue of triple Talaq was not a matter between BJP and opposition.
He emphasized that there was a section among Muslims who support equal rights for Muslim women.
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“If a Hindu kills a daughter in her mother’s womb, that person has to go behind bars. Similarly, how is my Muslim sister at fault if someone just utters talaq thrice over the telephone and destroys her life,” he said.
“Shouldn’t the rights of Muslim daughters be protected? Shouldn’t Muslim mothers and sisters be protected? Shouldn’t Muslim sisters get equal rights? Some Muslim sisters fought for their rights in court. The Supreme Court asked us, what is the stand of the Government of India. We replied in very clear terms that no injustice should be done to mothers and sisters, that no discrimination should take place in the name of religion,” Modi said.
“I am astonished that some political parties, in their hunger for votes, are bent upon perpetrating this injustice on Muslim women in the 21st Century. What kind of justice is this? Elections and politics have their own place but it is the responsibility of government and society to ensure that India’s Muslim women get their rights, and get their rights under the Constitution of India,” the Prime Minister said.
He said his government wanted to protect Muslim women and is working on issue of triple Talaq as per constitutional provisions.
