Maha minister, a doctor, says LGBT community needs 'psychological treatment'

March 24, 2015 10:27

Our ministers do not seem to learn their lessons!

Goa Youth Affairs minister was slammed after he suggested a "cure" for the LGBT youth and now Maharashtra's health minister, who is a doctor, has jumped the same bandwagon.

Deepak Sawant said that the LGBT community is in need of "psychological treatment and counselling" in the Maharashtra assembly. "We would work with NGOs working in the sector," he added.

Image: Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant

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