Ballabhgarh (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Congress party over its opposition to the Triple Talaq Bill, saying it hoped to do politics of "Muslim vote bank" but the "big decision" was implemented without any opposition in the country.
Addressing an election rally here, the Prime Minister said that the Congress allies seek to erect a wall over any reform or change brought by his government.
Modi said these parties were cut off from the grassroots and had repeatedly made efforts to block the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill.
"They are so cut off from the grassroots that they cannot see actual reality. When there was the talk of Triple Talaq Bill, they felt that it will take forward their politics of Muslim vote bank and the Muslim husbands will be happy with their stance and side with them," Modi said.
Modi said there could be a very small percentage of people in the Muslim community who, as husbands, could be happy with the Congress' stance.
But, he said, the husband is also a brother and a father and would not want his sister or daughter to suffer consequences of triple talaq.
"The Muslim men started seeing that his sister is safe; his daughter is safe and the big decision was implemented without opposition," he said.
He said the politics of opposition for the sake of opposition will not work and the country was moving ahead on the path of development.