'Why Pakistan does not have triple talaq': In poll-bound MP, Modi pitches for Uniform Civil Code

Had triple talaq been a necessary tenet of Islam, then why Pakistan, Indonesia, and Bangladesh do not have it, PM Modi said in Bhopal on Tuesday as he addressed the party workers at the election-bound state. Batting for Uniform Civil Code, PM Modi asked whether different rules apply to different family members and whether the family can run smoothly in such a situation. "I feel we should study this subject. I feel those who support triple talaq are doing vote bank politics of appeasement. They are doing injustice to our Muslim daughters. Triple talaq does not only affect Muslim daughters. Imagine the situation of the family who marries off their daughter and she comes back after 10 years. Triple talaq damages teh entire family," PM Modi said. Read | Pity them, don't get angry: Modi's swipe at opposition unity in Madhya Pradesh

Even Muslim-majority countries have banned triple talaq, PM Modi said. "I was in Egypt day before yesterday. In Egypt, over 90% people belong to the Sunni communiy. They did away with triple talaq 80-90 years ago. If Islam is a necessary tent of Islam, then why don't these countries have triple talaq? Why do Qatar, Jordan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia do not have triple talaq?" PM Modi said.

Muslims should also understand which political parties are trying to mislead them, PM Modi said.

From the question of triple talaq, PM Modi dived into the issue of Uniform Civil Code and said, "Will a family function if there are two different sets of rules for people? Then how will a country run? Our Constitution too guarantees equal rights to all people." "Even the Supreme Court is pushing for common civil code. But these vote-hungry people are misleading," PM Modi said.

After flagging off five Vande Bharat trains in Bhopal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the booth-level party workers of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and said BJP is not the party of people who sit in air-conditioned rooms and issue diktats, but BJP's people are working tirelessly at the ground level. For BJP workers country comes before the party. "There is no place of clash, tu tu-mai mai at booth level. Serving people should be the mantra of booth-level politics," PM Modi said replying to the questions of the party workers.

This is the first public address of PM Modi after he concluded his six-day visit to the US and Egypt. In the White House, PM Modi was asked a question on religious minorities in India. On Monday, he returned to India and on Tuesday, he reached Madhya Pradesh. The opposition questioned why PM Modi chose to come to poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and not violent-torn Manipur.

Urging party workers to keep all information at their fingertip, PM Modi said, "When you present something in comparison, people tend to remember that. Remind them what they had to do for gas connection before the Ujjwala scheme."

"Some people only live for the party, for the benefit of the party. They do this because they get a share from cut money. They don't have to work a lot because they have chosen the path of appeasement. Their politics thrives as long as the poor remain poor. The path of appeasement works for some time but then this creates division in the society," PM Modi said.