Despite having woman as ultimate leader, Congress didn’t end Triple Talaq: RS Prasad slams Sonia Gandhi

Sep 19 (AZINS) On Wednesday, Union Law Minister RS Prasad announced that the Union Cabinet had promulgated the ordinance which makes Triple Talaq a crime.

He also charged Congress for not bringing an end to this barbaric practice. He was quoted saying by ANI: “It's my serious charge with full sense of responsibility that a distinguished woman leader (Sonia Gandhi) is ultimate leader of the Congress, yet barbaric inhuman Triple Talaq was not allowed to be ended by a Parliamentary law for pure vote bank politics.”

He said that Triple Talaq had nothing do with faith or mode of worship or religion.

He added that Triple Talaq will be recognised as a crime only when the victim or a close relative (by blood or marriage) files the complaint.

He also said a ‘compromise’ can be achieved only when the woman is willing and says so to a magistrate. A magistrate can grant bail only after the wife's consent.

He said: “The core component of this Ordinance is that an offence will be cognizable only when the FIR is filed by the victim wife or her close relations by blood or marriage.”

Secondly, it's compoundable, it can be compromised only at the insistence of the wife upon appropriate terms & conditions as determined by the magistrate. Thirdly, a bail can be granted by the magistrate upon reasonable grounds but only after hearing the victim wife also.”

He added: “As for other provisions are concerned, the mother/victim wife must get the custody of the minor child and the mother is entitled to a maintenance suitably determined by the magistrate for herself and the child.”

He also said he would appeal to top female politicians to ‘rise above vote-bank politics and support women’.