Congress leaders also feel that by insisting on a short deadline they can counter the charge of delaying the bill to the detriment of Muslim women. The bill could only be tabled by the government after 3pm with proceedings repeatedly disrupted over the violence in Pune.Sure of the opposition numbers in the House, leader of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad called for a vote on the select committee proposal, putting the government on the backfoot and finally leading to the adjournment of the House. Leader of the House and finance minister Arun Jaitley accused Congress of derailing abill that it had approved in the Lok Sabha He pointed to flaws in the rule under which Congress sought to move a resolution seeking to refer the bill to a select committee. Both sides accused each other of using the issue for vote-bank politics. Jaitley said the legislature needs to work responsibly as the SC, while terming triple talaq unconstitutional, had barred it for 6 months and that a law seeking to criminalise the practice had to come into effect within that period.Congress MP Kapil Sibal though accused Jaitley of misleading the House, saying that only the minority verdict was being quoted and that there is no urgency in the matter.

Source: Times of India January 03, 2018 20:26 UTC