New Delhi, June 29: A day after members of the gay community held parades in several cities in anticipation of legalising homosexuality, Congress today refused to take a stand on the issue saying it was still under consideration of the government.
“This is under consideration by the government. It is a normal government process. The party does not have any opinion on it,” party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters here.
Ahmed was responding to queries about the stand of the ruling party on the controversial Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality.
The spokesman said that the minister (Veerappa Moily) has already said that a decision will be taken after talking to civil society and religious leaders.
“When it takes a form (law), only then there could be a debate by political parties on it…The situation has not come to that,” Ahmed added.
–PTI