By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Hundreds of Muslim women took out a protest march against the proposed Triple Talaq bill on Monday in Rajasthan’s Sikar district.
The march started from Idgah chowk of the city and ended at the district collectorate where it ended with sloganeering by women holding placards and banners demanding withdrawal of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill.
Jaiprakash Chaudhary, the additional district collector, received a memorandum addressed to Indian President and Prime Minister from a delegation of Muslim women right after the march concluded.
This is not been the first instance of protest or debate against Triple Talaq bill which has been raised by Muslim women. On March 10, Muslim women, along with All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), took out rally in Pune, Maharashtra to oppose the same.
On March 7 as well, Muslim women hit the Kolkata streets to oppose the bill, which has been passed by the Lok Sabha but pending in Rajya Sabha to become a law.
The bill on Instant Triple Talaq or Talaq-e-Biddat proposes a three-year jail sentence to the man who divorces his wife by using the practice. The Indian Supreme Court has already nullified the practice in its judgment, but criminalisation of the same under the proposed bill has attracted a lot of criticism from Islamic bodies.
The clerics and officials belonging to AIMPLB have been demanding the withdrawal of the bill as it can lead to the destruction of the families and it may also result in the more suffering of Muslim women.
The Board has now demanded several modifications to the bill draft, adding clauses of reconciliation between wife and the husband and several other to prevent misuse of the bill. “Though the bill is in the right direction, it is flawed and seems to have been drafted hastily. I have written a letter to PM Modi drawing his attention towards the amendments required in it,” Shaista Amber, a member of All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB), told Free Press Journal.