New Delhi, January 3: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday accused the Congress of “double standards” in its stand on the triple talaq bill, saying it was trying to stall the bill in the Rajya Sabha after supporting it in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing the BJP parliamentary party, the Union finance minister also said the government wanted a debate on the bill, which criminalises instant talaq, and its passage with a consensus like the GST bill, parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told reporters.
“The Congress is showing double standards. It is trying to stall the bill in the Rajya Sabha after supporting it in the Lok Sabha,” Kumar quoted Jaitley as saying.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah were also present in the weekly meeting of BJP MPs.
