Shayara Bano has said she will try to shatter misconceptions about BJP that it is anti-minority.
Dehradun:
Shayara Bano, who was the first to ask the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of the triple talaq, said on Sunday that it was the BJP’s progressive approach to Muslim women that motivated her to join the party.
Ms Bano, a resident of Kashipur in the Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, was welcomed into the BJP by its state president Bansidhar Bhagat on Saturday in the presence of senior party leaders.
“It was essentially the BJP’s progressive approach to Muslim women, the commitment with which it worked for the illegalization of triple talaq and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for inclusive development that brought me to the gone, ”Bano told PTI.
She said she joined the BJP to fight for the rights of Muslim women and rid them of injustices like denial of access to higher education.
Ms Bano also said she would try to shatter misconceptions about the BJP that it is anti-minority.
“I believe in the right intentions of the party towards minorities. The misconception that the party is against minorities must be broken,” she said.
She was the first to challenge the constitutionality of the practice of triple talaq in the high court in 2016, four months after being divorced by her husband via the speed post.
When asked if she would run for office as well, she replied: “I did not come to BJP looking for a party ticket.”
“But I am ready to accept any task assigned to me. My only goal is to fight for the upliftment and empowerment of Muslim women who are still victims of injustices such as denial of access to education. superior, ”Ms. Bano said.
When contacted, BJP Chairman Bhagat said he hoped Bano would fight for the party’s ideology with the same determination with which she had waged her legal battle against the triple talaq and had him won.
