New Delhi:
Senior Congress leader and Congress Lawmaker Shashi Tharoor on Monday tweeted that he will bring a bill on Section 377 which bars LGBT rights.
The bill will be a private member in nature seeking the section to abolished from the law books.
Tharoor took to Twitter to to announce the same “ “Back in Delhi for Parliament, heard about huge LGBT Pride rally today. Time to #Scrap377. I am introducing a PvtMember’sBill in Parliament.”
Back in Delhi for Parliament, heard about huge LGBT Pride rally today. Time to #Scrap377. I am introducing a PvtMember'sBill in Parliament
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 29, 2015
“My bill to decriminalize consensual sex between adults of any gender was submitted ten days ago to Parliament. Hope it will be admitted4discn.” added Tharoor.
When he was asked for the text of the bill, Tharoor denied saying that it will be a breach of Parliamentary ethics.
My bill to decriminalize consensual sex between adults of any gender was submitted ten days ago toParliament. Hope it will be admitted4discn
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 29, 2015
“For all those asking: it would be a breach of Parliamentary practice to reveal the text of my bill to #Scrap377 until it has been introduced.”
My bill to decriminalize consensual sex between adults of any gender was submitted ten days ago toParliament. Hope it will be admitted4discn
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 29, 2015
For all those asking: it would be a breach of Parliamentary practice to reveal the text of my bill to #Scrap377 until it has been introduced
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 29, 2015
Transgender activists are demanding a revoking of the ban on the LGBT rights for quite a long time now.
