New Delhi, June 29: Amid a raging debate over amendment to section 377, which criminalises homosexuality, the Union Health Ministry today said there was a need for “Parliamentary debate” and a “broad consensus” on the issue.
“I can simply say that there should be more debate– public debate, Parliament debate. There has to be consensus.
The negative and positive has to be evaluated and then a conclusion should be evolved,” Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said at a press conference here.
Asserting that there could not be a better forum than Parliament to debate the issue, he said, “…there should be a total consensus. Not only Government, but other political parties should also be in line with it (amendment)”.
“If you are going to be bringing in a legislation of this nature, there has to be a broad consensus,” he asserted.
–PTI