He said: “It’s a golden opportunity for her (Sonia Gandhi) to undo the sins of her husband.”“The government is willing to consider any reasonable and constructive suggestions from anyone or Congress party with an open mind. READ | Instant triple talaq Bill deferred, penal clauses offer room for give-and-takeThe minister added that the Congress’s suggestion to form a corpus for victims of triple talaq would not be acceptable because it would be discriminatory. “It amounts to incentivising the deviant husband to commit triple talaq with impunity and then telling the wife to go and beg before the government. It also provides for subsistence allowance to Muslim women and custody of minor children as “may be determined by the magistrate”. Also, we will not accept continued humiliating of triple talaq victims.

Source: Indian Express January 06, 2018 22:41 UTC