January 1,2018:

BJP's State President further added that Ms. Jahan’s induction into BJP was not a “sudden development” and party was assisting her in her legal battle for a long time.

On Saturday, Ishrat Jahan who was one of the petitioners in Triple Talaq case, has joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

She is a resident of Howrah district, was inducted into party at its Howrah office. She was among five petitioners in Triple Talaq case, that led to the Union Govt. tabling a bill to criminalise Talaq-e-Biddat.

Ishrat Jahan was divorced by her husband over phone from Dubai by uttering talaq consecutively three times in the year 2014.

Practice of instant triple talaq has been struck down by Supreme Court on August 22,2017.

Locket Chatterjee, President of State BJP’s Mahila Morcha stated that,“She has joined BJP at our Howrah office on Saturday. However, she has not been allotted any posts in the party so far”.

 

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