New Delhi: Charging the NDA Government at the Centre of trying to mislead Muslim women on the Triple Talaq Bill, the Congress on Wednesday claimed that the entire opposition in the Rajya Sabha is united on the demand to refer the Bill to the Select committee.
Talking to reporters here, senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad defended the demand by the Congress and other Opposition parties to refer the Bill to the select committee of the house.
Claiming that the ‘numerical majority’ in the Rajya Sabha is in favour of referring the Bill to a Select committee, Mr Azad said, ‘the Government is trying to mislead on the Triple Talaq Bill. Today’s proceedings in the Rajya Sabha showed that the Opposition has the ‘Numerical majority’ in support of its demand to refer the Bill to the select committee.