The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supported the Triple Talaq Bill tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Party MP Prasanna Acharya had earlier confirmed about the party’s support to the contentious Bill while speaking to media.
The Bill, which aims criminalising instant divorce by Muslim men and seeks jail term for the guilty, needs support from 121 members for its passage in the Rajya Sabha. The NDA Government, which has only 110 members in the Upper House, seeks support from non-NDA and non-UPA parties like the BJD to pass the Bill.
The Bill has already been passed in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote on July 25 amidst a walkout by Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, DMK and others.
