Govt not doing any politics on Kathua and Unnao rape cases, took quick action against accused: Maneka Gandhi in Gujarat

Vadodara:

Reiterating her stance about amendment in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act asking for a death penalty or a harsher than the current one for those convicted of raping minors below 12 years, Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi today said that the union government has taken swift action in both Kathua and Unnao rape cases.

Talking to newsmen here she said that the government was not doing any politics in both the cases.

She said that there should be amendment in the POCSO Act with provision of either death penalty or other such strict punishment which creates real fear in the minds of perverts.

To a query,she said that the government was not doing any politics in both the cases as the accused in both the cases have been arrested at the earliest.

‘The government has taken all the necessary steps to book the culprits,’ she added.

DeshGujarat