PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said her party willnot support the BJP-led government at the Centre on the triple talaq bill andthe RTI (Amendment) bill in the Rajya Sabha.
“Jammu and Kashmir has its own RTI Act 2009. Noquestion of supporting the RTI bill in Rajya Sabha,” Mufti tweeted.
She was responding to media reports that the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) will support the RTI (Amendment) bill in Rajya Sabha.
Mufti aso reiterated her party’s stand against the tripletalaq bill.
“Just to set the record straight. PDP MPs (Rajya Sabha)to oppose Triple Talaq bill,” she said.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for consideration thecontentious bill to make the practice of instant triple talaq illegal with upto three years in jail for the husband.
While in the Rajya Sabha, differences between the oppositionand treasury benches emerged over sending the RTI (Amendment) Bill to a SelectCommittee of the House forcing two adjournments in the post-lunch period.
The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 proposes togive the Centre the powers to set the salaries and service conditions ofinformation commissioners at the central and state levels.
The government’s move has triggered protests from theOpposition and RTI activists, who allege that the Bill seeks to undermine theauthority of the information commissions.