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Why Trinamool Congress MPs didn't speak on triple talaq bill in Lok Sabha

After Congress, now Trinamool wakes up to importance of Hindu sentiments

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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and other ministers and members during the passage of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Bill, 2017 by the Lok Sabha in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Lok Sabha passed the ‘triple talaq’ bill on Thursday. Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members participated in the discussion, as did members of many of the Opposition parties.

Intriguingly, the Trinamool Congress members sat through the four-hour long discussion, but not one of them participated. The Bill was passed by a voice vote. No Trinamool Congress members were in the House to either support or oppose the Bill.

“It was the party’s decision (to not take part in the discussion),” Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Saugata Roy told Business Standard. Roy refused to elaborate. Neither were other party members