Sunday, 11 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
The original petitioner against triple Talaq in the Supreme Court, Shayara Bano joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the BJP state president Banshidhar Bhagat and other party leaders here on Saturday. Welcoming her to the party, Bhagat expressed hope that just like the determined manner in which Bano fought against triple talaq in the Supreme Court, she will also work to take forward the ideology of the party. Her rold will be especially important in the minority community, he said. The BJP state general secretary (organisation) Ajey Kumar, vice president Devendra Bhasin and other office bearers of the party were also present on the occasion.
A resident of Kashipur, Bano had approached the Supreme Court in 2016 asking it to hold the practices of talaq-e-biddat, polygamy and nikah-halala unconstitutional.
