Live - Triple talaq bill: Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow amid war of words between Congress, BJP

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow 11 am

Amid pandemonium over the triple talaq bill, which was tabled by the Centre on Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow.

While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Congress of "raising Dalit violence issue to stall tabling of triple talaq bill", the opposition party hit back saying that they condemn the statement by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, calling the government "anti-Dalit". Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma moved a notice stating that the triple talaq bill be referred to a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. He also proposed names of members who could be part of the committee.

Here are the live news updates:-

03 January 2018

20:31 IST

We are for this bill, as SC deemed the practice as unconstitutional and that is what the bill says, we agree with it, but when it comes to criminalization, neither minority nor majority judgement (of SC) mentioned it, that is what we oppose: Kapil Sibal, Congress

17:18 IST

"Even yesterday, triple talaq happened in UP. Congress which supported the Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha took a completely divergent view in Rajya Sabha. They supported it in LS in compulsion since they were less in no. Let the country know Congress' hypocrisy and double standard,"said RS Prasad.