Ishrat, who has now joined the BJP, says every MP should come forward to pass this Bill.

Ishrat Jahan, one of the first petitioners seeking the abolishment of Triple Talaq in the Supreme Court has welcomed the Narendra Modi government's decision to table the bill once again before the Lok Sabha.

Speaking to India Today TV in Kolkata, Jahan said she was hopeful that the bill will finally get passed in both houses of the parliament paving way for a new legislation against Triple Talaq.

"Earlier it was passed in the last Lok Sabha but got stalled in the Rajya Sabha. I was hopeful if Modi ji came to power he will give this Bill complete priority," Ishrat said.

"People who are opposing the bill are not worried about the condition of those women who have been suffering due to the archaic rule. Do they know what happens to Muslim women who have been given talaq? I am a living example of how difficult life can be. There is no sustenance or shelter," she said adding that some people were more worried that if the law was passed men who practice Triple Talaq will be punished.

Ishrat, who has now joined the BJP, says every MP should come forward to pass this Bill. "This is not about politics, it is about women's respect, their rights. This is not about Muslim vote bank. Even dreaded Hindu traditions like Sati and child marriage has been abolished. They too were against women, so why not Triple Talaq," she added.

The Bill proposes to make the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence. The government had promulgated the Ordinance on triple talaq twice - in September 2018 and in January 2019 - as the contentious bill remains pending in the Rajya Sabha, though it was passed by the Lok Sabha.

