Prime Minister Narendra Modi said eminent Muslim leaders can come forward and find a way forward in the matter. (Source: PTI Photo/File) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said eminent Muslim leaders can come forward and find a way forward in the matter. (Source: PTI Photo/File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Muslim community must not politicise the issue of triple talaq and rather look for solutions. Speaking at the Basava Convention in New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi said: “Main Muslim samaaj se aagrah karunga ki triple talaq ke mudde ko rajneeti ke daayre mein mat aane dijiye. Aap log aake aakar iska samaadhan kijiye (I request Muslim society not to politicise the triple talaq issue. Rather, come forward and solve the matter).”

Prime Minister Modi called upon the reformers of the community to fight against the suffering of Muslim daughters in the country and hoped on finding a solution on the issue. “Muslim samaaj se prabudh log aage aayenge, Muslim betiyon ke saath jo guzar rahi hai uske khilaf woh khud ladai ladenge aur kabhi na kabhi raasta nikalenge (Muslim reformers will come forward some day and fight against the suffering of Muslim daughters to find a way forward),” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

Modi said he hoped that “powerful people” would emerge from society and help “eradicate outdated practices and evolve modern systems”.

He called upon Indian Muslims to lead not just those from the community in the country, but to show the “path of modernity” to Muslims worldwide. “That is the kind of power and energy this land gives to all of us,” he said to thunderous applause. The prime minister spoke about women’s empowerment, equality and good governance, as preached and practised by Basaveswara.

PM Modi had earlier spoken on the triple talaq issue in April at the BJP National Executive Meet in Bhubaneswar. Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had said that the Prime Minister talked about Muslim women getting justice. “He (Modi) talked about social justice. He said our Muslim sisters should also get justice. Injustice should not be done with them. Nobody should be exploited. We do not want that there is conflict within the Muslim community over this issue. What we have to do is that if there are any social evils, we have to wake up the society and make efforts to provide justice to them (Muslim women). That was the Prime Minister’s spirit,” Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said while briefing reporters.

At the event, Prime Minister Modi unveiled translated volumes of Vachana, penned by 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and other saints in 23 Indian languages. Today is Basavanna’s birth anniversary.

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