New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday moved the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, in the Lok Sabha.
He said the Government wanted the anti-rape bill to be brought up even before the horrific gangrape incident of December 16.
Shinde said, ”We wanted the bill to placed before the House on December 4, but it could not be done.”
Thanking all the concerned, specially the Justice Verma Commitee, for contributing and helping the Government to prepare the Bill, he said it would help in ensuring more secured social environment for the women in the country.
Bhola Singh of the BJP supported the Bill and said men and women are one, who complement each other.
”They cannot be seen differently as none of them is possible without the other,” he said philosophically, adding that woman, who plays an important role, cannot be ignored at any stage of life.
Giving example of Jalianwalan Bagh incident in pre-Independence days, where unarmed people had gathered for a meeting and British administration fired on them, Mr Singh said when Udham Singh’s mother was about to die after being hit by a bullet, she told her eight-year-old son that he must kill General Michael O’Dyer.
Udham went to England after many years in search of Dyer, he found him and shot him dead.
As the English officer was hit by his bullet, Udham ran for safety and rammed into a woman in the process who fell. He stopped to help her and got caught.
The woman asked, ”When you knew that you might be caught why did you stop?” He replied that he saw his mother in her.
”So, this has been the culture with Indians when it comes to women, we need to revive it,” he said, adding mother is mother, be it of England or Italy.
Sumitra Mahajan(BJP) said no politics should be played by any party and it should be considered with all seriousness.
She said it is good that two prime motives of the bills are stringent punishment for the guilty and early justice for the victim.
She regretted that songs and advertisements shown on TV these days contain vulgar and lewd content.
Ms Mahajan said values and morals these days have gone down.
She advocated that children with impressionable minds be protected from cheap and cheesy literature.
Shailendra Kumar(SP) said stringent punishment should be handed down in cases of stalking.
He also cautioned against children using mobile and watching TV in excess. He said these days it has become difficult to watch news bulletins as in between suggestive advertisements are shown and one feels very embarrassed while watching it.
Sharad Yadav(JD-U) said with this bill the country may be equipped with a new law but how would the country free women out of the caste system.
He said a serious debate needs to be conducted to ensure security of women.
He said in movies these days such suggestive songs are shown that one feels shamed while watching them.
Mr Yadav also made a strong case against vulgar advertisements shown on the small screen. (UNI)
