V. Vijayasai Reddy. (File Photo: IANS)
The Bharatiya Janata Party and YSR Congress party after the initial bonhomie, the latter had strongly opposed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, popularly known as 'Triple Talaq Bill' which was passed by both houses of parliament in an indication to the widening gap between.
To the bill in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, while the BJP claimed that it was a historic milestone in the country’s secular polity for the first time since independence, as the law protected the rights of Muslim women and enabled them to exercise their marital rights, YSR Congress party MP and Andhra Pradesh government’s special representative in New Delhi V Vijay Sai Reddy put up a stiff resistance.
YSRC was totally against the triple talaq bill and listed out six objections to the bill, said Sai Reddy. He said, “It is not proper to consider triple talaq as a serious offense and it will lead to innocents going to jail.” If the husband was sent to jail, who would pay alimony to the wife? he asked.
Not to show any leniency towards the BJP which was trying to capture power in the state by 2024 seems to be the decision taken by the party leadership.
