Delhi gangrape: BJP for special session of Parliament

BJP national vice president Shanta Kumar here called for convening special session of Parliament immediately to discuss the issue of Delhi gang-rape.

Shimla: BJP national vice president Shanta Kumar here called for convening special session of Parliament immediately to discuss the issue arising out of Delhi gangrape case.
Asserting that the issue of capital punishment for rape should be debated in the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh said that in some countries, persons guilty of rape are castrated.
"All these matters need to be discussed in the Parliament.

"The police should be geared up and wherever necessary the law should be amended and new courts should be established for expeditious trial in case to punish the guilty at the earliest," he said.

PTI