After the government introduced the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament, many opposition voices raged against some of the provisions in the bill. Most prominent among them was All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi, who claimed some of the provisions in the bill violated constitutional rights. He said the party has so much affection for Muslim women but is opposed to rights of Hindu women to enter Sabrimala Temple in Kerala. "The Triple Talaq Bill violates constitutional rights as it stipulates three-year jail term for guilty Muslim men while non-Muslim men get only one year of jail term for a similar offence," he said.
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MP Shashi Tharoor of the Congress said he was opposed to triple talaq (instant divorce) but was against this bill as it conflates civil and criminal law. He claimed it was a textbook example of class legislation as it was pointed at one community—Muslims—even though abandoning wives is not unique to it. Tharoor said there should be a law universally applicable to all in case of abandoning wives.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said there were 543 cases of triple talaq reported in the country. After the Supreme Court judgment banning triple talaq practice, more than 200 cases were reported, he said
