Triple talaq ordinance, women's entry at Sabarimala separate issues: Modi

Modi clears the air on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) supporting the triple talaq ordinance but supporting Sabarimala's ban on women.

The government issued an ordinance against triple talaq because it is a matter of gender equality, but the Supreme Court’s decision to allow women at Kerala’s Sabarimala temple needs to be “debated”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Modi, in an interview to news agency ANI, tried to clear the air on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) supporting the triple talaq ordinance but supporting Sabarimala’s ban on menstruating women.

Modi said the Sabarimala issue relates to tradition and a woman judge’s dissenting note in the Supreme Court judgment should be read carefully.