Shashi Tharoor campaigning for gay sex to be legalised said on Monday he would continue his fight for the freedom and equality of sexual minorities despite attempts by members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party to thwart his efforts.
Opposition lawmaker Tharoor in December introduced a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to amend a British colonial era law which punishes homosexual sex with up to 10 years imprisonment.
However the bill was quickly scuppered by members of Modi's right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"They opposed my bill at its very introduction . . .
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