MODI CALLS FOR BAN ON TRIPLE TALAQ
BJP urged to reach out to backward sections of Muslims
Raising the triple talaq issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said justice should be done to Muslim women. He also sought to allay apprehensions among Muslims about the BJP on the issue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised on Sunday the “triple talaq” issue and said Muslim women must get justice, also asking the BJP to reach out to the backward sections in the Muslim community over his effort to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission.
If there are social evils, the society should be woken up and efforts made to provide justice to the victims, he said in his speech on the concluding day of the party’s two-day national executive meeting in Bhubaneswar.
“He (Modi) talked about social justice. He said our Muslim sisters should also get justice. Nobody should be exploited. We do not want conflict within the Muslim community over this issue,” Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on the Prime Minister’s speech.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Narendra Modi visited Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar for the first time after he assumed office, amidst tight security arrangements and paid obeisance to the deities at the sacred shrine.
With chanting of slokas and hymns, Mr Modi performed abhisekh ritual and also offered bel leaves and flowers to the deity at the main temple for nearly five minutes.
The Prime Minister reached the Lingaraj temple at around 8.45 am and spent more than 15 minutes inside the shrine talking to the temple officials.
After arriving at the temple, the Prime Minister was welcomed by several BJP leaders and state government officials.