“I am disappointed that the
Supreme Court has reversed a previous Delhi High Court ruling on the issue of
gay rights,” Sonia said in a statement. “The High Court had wisely removed an
archaic, repressive and unjust law that infringed on the basic human rights
enshrined in our constitution.”
The apex court had riled not
just the LGBT community, but a wide section of society with its judgment, but
had pointed out that it was upto the Legislature to decide whether there is a
need for the penal provision to be amended or deleted.
Sonia said that she hoped the
Parliament addresses the issue and upholds the “Constitutional guarantee of
life and liberty to al citizens of India
Amidst the incessant chatter
over Section 377, the the loudest sound has been of deafening silence from the
national opposition party. Other than Piyush Goyal, none of the usual BJP
suspects, be it legal eagles like Arun Jaitley or quote-friendly politicians
like Sushma Swaraj or Nitin Gadkari, would say a word. Unlike the Congress
which was already pushed into picking sides when the case was kicked upstairs
to the Supreme Court, the BJP long had the option to stay on the sidelines -- studiously
ignoring the fact that one of the petitioners challenging the Section 377
verdict is BJP leader BP Singhal.
Strange but true, the
normally silent Congress President Sonia Gandhi has made her stand clear while
the twitter happy BJP's new PM-in-waiting has kept surprisingly quiet. Would
love to know where he stands on this issue......
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