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Rajya Sabha NOT a rubber stamp, says Anand Sharma as fiery triple talaq debate ends in adjournment

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Laws can’t be made without legislative scrutiny and the Rajya Sabha isn’t a rubber stamp, Congress MP Anand Sharma said today during a heated exchange that preceded the adjournment of the House till Wednesday.

Lawmakers were discussing the fresh bill on instant triple talaq, which seeks to make the practice — already outlawed by the Supreme Court — a penal offence. The Lok Sabha has already passed the legislation.

“Without legislative scrutiny, laws cannot be made,” said Anand Sharma, a former Union minister. “Even if Lok Sabha has passed [the bill], the Rajya Sabha is not a rubber stamp.”

“Nobody is opposing the bill. Let there be legislative scrutiny. Let this be referred to the select committee. The entire Opposition demands that.”

“The government is doing politics,” he said.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in response that the government was ready for discussion. Despite the Supreme Court’s verdict declaring instant triple talaq illegal, the practice continues unabated, he said.

The uproar in the House was underlined by the presence of MPs in the well, close to the Speaker’s chair. Deputy Speaker Harivansh Narayan Singh adjourned the House till January 2, 2019.

“The Congress and other parties are only playing politics on this issue which is very important for ensuring the rights of married Muslim women.”

That was the second adjournment. The first, which lasted 15 minutes, came amid a din created by opposition members — as well as AIADMK MPs protesting in the well of the House over the Cauvery issue.

The Congress and other opposition parties have demanded in the Rajya Sabha that the triple talaq bill be sent to a select committee for further scrutiny. The government has accused them of doing politics on the issue.

The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday, December 27.

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