Those who carry Constitution in pockets made Muslim women live without dignity, says PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi

In an apparent jibe at the opposition leaders, PM Modi said, “Those who carry Constitution in their pockets made Muslim women live without dignity, we ended Triple Talaq.”

Prime Minister Modi was speaking in the Lok Sabha in his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address on Tuesday.

Taking a jibe Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Modi said, those who live with Constitution in their pockets, forget how they pushed Muslim women into hardships.

The Triple Talaq practice was declared unconstitutional in 2017. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019 made triple talaq illegal in India. The law criminalized the practice of pronouncing talaq three times, which is a type of Islamic divorce.