Congress Supports Triple Talaq bill BUT

New Delhi, December 28: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the triple talaq bill and all amendments to it were defeated. The bill now goes to Rajya Sabha.

In this regard, several Leaders has been praised about the Bill. The Congress today said it supports the "triple talaq" bill introduced in the Lok Sabha but wants it to be strengthened to safeguard the rights of divorced Muslim women so they live a life of dignity with adequate subsistence allowance.

"Triple talaq" is the Islamic practice of men divorcing their wives by stating "talaq" (divorce) thrice.

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, however, a former union law minister, struck a discordant note, insisting the proposed law will be an "intrusion" into the personal lives of individuals and bring divorce, a civil issue, into the realm of criminal law.