Passage of the Triple Talaq Bill on Tuesday in Rajya Sabha was helped by a series of walkouts and abstentions. The bill received stiff opposition when it was tabled in the Lok Sabha. But several of the parties that opposed it, which included Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), AIADMK and K Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi, ended up helping the bill to pass.

AIADMK and JD(U) walked out, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Mehbooba Mufti's PDP stayed away from voting, which brought down the majority mark.

Many of opposition lawmakers abstained from voting. While 12 of the 13 Trinamool Congress members in the Rajya Sabha voted, one lawmaker - KD Singh - stayed away.