AMN / New Delhi
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today sought to justify the ordinance on triple talaq and said the Bill that would replace it would ensure gender equality and the fundamental right of non-discrimination to married Muslim women.
Prasad introduced in the Lok Sabha The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, despite opposition from the Congress and amid din over the Rafale controversy and several other issues.
Soon after the House met for the day and then reassembled at noon after the first adjournment and during the post-lunch session, the Congress, the AIADMK and TDP members were on their feet.
The Congress members demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale jet fighter deal with a French company, accusing the government of misleading the Supreme Court with wrong information.