Lucknow:  The Centre is committed to ending the “evil social practice” of triple talaq, Union law minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said  and asked opposition parties to make their stand clear on the contentious issue (Jan 5).

“The government respects faith but worship and social evil cannot coexist,” he said.

“The issue is not related to religion but involves respect and dignity of women,” Prasad said at a press conference here.

Speaking at a press conference in Ghaziabad yesterday, he had said the Centre might take appropriate steps to ban triple talaq after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections as the tradition denies respect to women.

Prasad had said, “every pernicious practice” cannot be part of a religion and the Centre would raise the issue in the Supreme Court on three points — justice, equality and dignity of women.

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