Triple talaq victims should be given Rs 6,000 annually: Adityanath

In an outreach to Muslim women, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced a government benefit for all women handed out triple talaq, an act now criminalised, or abandoned by their husbands. “A new scheme should be introduced under which victims of triple talaq as well as women who have been left by their husbands should be identified and given Rs 6,000 per annum. They will be given this money till they get justice,” the chief minister said. He was speaking at an event where he met women victims of triple talaq, a Muslim practice of instant divorce, from across the state.