Celebrate Rakshabandhan with Muslim women: PM Modi to BJP MPs | India News

NEW DELHI: Asserting that his government’s decision to ban instant triple talaq made Muslim women feel more secure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked BJP leaders to reach out to them during the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan.

The PM’s remarks came during a meeting with BJP-led NDA MPs from West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand on Monday night, said sources. Modi and senior BJP functionaries highlighted the central government’s development initiatives for different sections of society. Some MPs, who attended the meeting, said Modi emphasised the need to connect with every section of society. The party has been making an outreach to Pasmanda (backward) Muslims.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill was passed by Parliament in 2019, declaring the practice of instant triple talaq illegal and a crime that could attract a jail term for the husband.

Modi has often highlighted his government’s reform measures for Muslim women. In his recent ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, he noted that over 4,000 Muslim women will perform Haj this year without ‘mehram’ was a “huge transformation” and asserted that more and more people were getting the chance to go for the annual pilgrimage with the changes made by his government in the Haj policy over the past few years.
In his speech, the PM noted that opposition parties are making efforts to join their forces under a new name INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) as their earlier moniker UPA was tainted with a slew of scams. People will never accept it, he said.
BJP has divided NDA MPs region-wise into clusters of nearly 40 members and Modi is expected to speak to them separately during the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament.
Modi had also addressed a meeting of about 45 NDA MPs from the western part of Uttar Pradesh up to the Kanpur-Bundelkhand region. He asked MPs to go to the masses with a positive message about the government’s work and advised them to spend maximum time reaching out to people.