Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

Triple talaq a way to harass women, says Sadhvi Prachi

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Controvers­ial Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Prachi said on Saturday that triple talaq was a ‘means to harass women’.

“Women are divorced using triple talaq on minor issues. Aisi mahilaon ko maulvion ko tamacha mar kar Hindu dharm mein shamil ho jana chahiye (Such women must slap the clerics and join Hindu religion). This will give them freedom from the fear of getting divorced,” she said.

On her first visit to Bareilly this year, the VHP leader visited Alaknath temple and later interacted with the media. “I am here to thank Lord Mahadev for the BJP’S victory in the state,” she said.

When asked about the constructi­on of Ram temple in Ayodhya, she said, “Ram temple will be constructe­d at any cost which can prevent it.”

On criminal cases lodged against senior BJP leaders in Babri demolition case, she said, “If cases can be lodged against Uma Bharti, Advani and Joshi, then those who killed karsewaks must also be sent behind bars.”

The firebrand leader known Khan reiterated her stand to send the senior SP leader behind bars. “The state government will investigat­e the properties of Azam Khan and he will be sent to prison,” she said. On the issue of reducing his security, she said, “He is not afraid for his life but for the misdeeds of his government No security can

“There is an expectatio­n of compliance (of tax rules) and in the event of non-compliance, there is the power of penalising that the ED has. This power has to be expeditiou­sly used whenever violations are detected,” he said.

Jaitley also said money laundering, round-tripping, tax evasion and the creation of shell companies had become a “standardis­ed practice” that was not difficult to detect in the age of technologi­cal advancemen­ts.

“Our target has to be to make sure India as it evolves from a developing to developed economy (also changes) from a tax non-compliant society to a highly-compliant society.”

Adhia said the demonetisa­tion of high-value banknotes had revealed the different ways people use to launder money, including through multiple entries in shell companies.

He said it is expected that by September 2018, around 15 lakh VVPAT machines will be ready.

The Commission’s objective is to use VVPATS in all the coming elections, he said.

India will “perhaps” be the

But about two dozen Muslim women’s groups have in recent years mounted legal challenges to triple talaq, which they say discrimina­tes against them and violates their human rights.

A five-judge constituti­on bench of the Supreme Court wil begin hearing daily from May 11 petitions challengin­g the valid ity of triple talaq.

Modi also used Saturday’s address to reiterate his govern ment’s ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ policy, and drew parallels with Basaveswar­a’s philosophy

“People should get homes access to power without discrim ination. Farmers should get fer tilisers and insurance benefits without any distinctio­ns. That is the meaning of our govern ment’s message of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’,” he said.

The PM’S decision to attend the Basava Jayanti celebratio­ns is significan­t against the back drop of next year’s elections in Karnataka. Basaveswar­a, also known as Basavanna, is a power ful icon of the Lingayat commu nity in the state.

Lingayat leader BS Yedyur appa is the BJP’S face in Karna taka, where it hopes to wrest power from the Congress in the elections due for 2018. The party is beset with problem in the state

Women are divorced using triple talaq on minor issues. Such women must slap the clerics and join Hindu religion.this will give them freedom from the fear of getting divorced

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