Live
- Pakistani Girl Murdered in UK: Father and Stepmother Convicted in Sara Sharif Case
- Maha Kumbh Mela: Understanding Its Unique Significance
- YouTube Introduces Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming with Playables
- AUS W vs IND W 3rd ODI: Smriti Mandhana Makes History with Stunning Century in Perth
- CM Revanth Reddy Congratulates Telangana Candidates Advancing to UPSC Interviews
- Collector Inspires Students to Excel Through Discipline, Hard Work, and Smart Work
- District Collector Directs Officials to Expedite Paddy Procurement Process
- SP T. Srinivas Rao Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Volleyball Court for Police Personnel in Jogulamba Gadwal
- Geeta Jayanti Celebrations Organized at Maldakal Thimmappa Swamy Temple
- Indiramma Housing Scheme Survey Reviewed by District Collector
BJP backs SC verdict on gay sex
Highlights
BJP Backs SC Verdict on Gay Sex, Breaking its silence on the Supreme Court order banning homosexuality,
Breaking its silence on the Supreme Court order banning homosexuality, BJP has said it favours the verdict and will not support any 'unnatural act'.While initially party leaders had refused to take a stand on whether they support the order or not, BJP President Rajnath Singh has said that if the government convenes an all-party meeting on the issue, his party will support Section 377 of IPC which bans homosexuality.
"If an all-party meeting is called, we will support Section 377 as we believe that homosexuality is an un-natural act. We cannot support it," Singh said.
Earlier when this question was posed to Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley at a press conference, Swaraj had said, "The Supreme Court judgement says if Parliament wants it can change it. The government can call an all-party meeting to build a consensus on the issue. We will see the government proposal in the meeting and tell our view."
The party has been cautious in taking a stand on the issue as many BJP leaders feel opinion in the society is divided on it. Some BJP leaders, however, appeared to be opposed to the Supreme Court order.
"Section 377 of IPC only bans sexual conduct that goes against the order of nature. A reading down of this law can be that to be born with gay tendencies cannot be against the order of nature. The court does not have to legalise or illegalise such a thing. It is not against the order of nature," a BJP leader had said. However, Singh's comments are being treated as the official line of the party on this issue.
"What Rajnath Singh has said is the official stand. We have a culture and tradition and this goes against it. One cannot allow a new culture of this kind," BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
Refuting the stand taken by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi, Naqvi said homosexuality is against the established norms of the society.
Sonia Gandhi has described the Supreme Court verdict as "disappointing".
Next Story
ADVERTISEMENT
