After the Lower and the Upper House passed the Triple Talaq Bill, President Ram Nath Kovind on August 1, gave his go-ahead which made the practice of giving instant triple talaq a criminal offence.
The writer is a chartered accountant and former member of the boards of public sector banks and corporations.
Earlier this month, a woman's nose was allegedly cut off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw her triple talaq case in UP's Sitapur.
The women sent hand-made 'rakhis' to Modi and called him their elder brother who protected them from the evil practice of triple talaq.
Earlier, the Lower and Upper House passed the controversial Triple Talaq Bill and made the practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offence.
Slamming the Congress for its promise to withdraw the Triple Talaq Bill, Union Minister Arun Jaitley recalled how Rajiv Gandhi, by overturning the Supreme Court's Shah Bano judgment, “allowed deserted women to be driven to poverty and destitution”.
The Lok Sabha on December 27 passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence, with a jail term of up to three years with a fine.
The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.
Mehbooba said, "When we talk about reservations for Muslims, BJP rejects it on religious lines. But when it comes to this kind of law, then they run to Parliament”.
"When we talk about reservations for Muslims, the BJP rejects it on religious lines. But when it comes to this kind of law, they run to Parliament," she said.
