All-party meet on anti-rape bill inconclusive
March 18, 2013  11:09
An all-party meeting to discuss the anti-rape Bill, which seeks to hand down stringent punishment for crimes against women, including rape and acid attack, and lower the age of consent for sex to 16, has ended inconclusively.

The Samajwadi Party, which extends outside support to UPA, has openly come out against the provisions relating to stalking and lowering of consent age from 18 to 16 years.

The BJP wants the Bill to be passed at the earliest. But, it has objections to lowering of age of consent which was 18 in the ordinance issued last month. Rubbishing the anti-rape Bill, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has said the party will oppose its proposals in Parliament and at the all-party meeting.
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