BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday likened the practice of triple talaq with long abolished 'sati-pratha', saying the practice of divorce among Indian Muslims is not related to Islam but is a social evil.

"This (triple talaq) is not related to Islam. It is a social evil like sati-pratha, the abolition of which was also opposed by many than in the name of religion. But through the will of the people, we were able to abolish it," Naqvi said in the Lok Sabha in support of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, introduced earlier in the day.