|
|
Even though thousands of homosexuals across India are celebrating their freedom from the criminal tag after the Delhi High Court verdict, a group which represents the sex workers on Friday wrote a letter to Law Minister Veerappa Moily opposing this move.
The Bharatiya Patita Uddhar Sabha (BPUS) which is active in 10 states told that "We oppose the move. Unless the law ministry takes care of our view then we will be forced to appeal near the Supreme Court."
Khairati Lal Bhola, BPUS chief told, "In our country millions of women are struggling to earn their livelihood through sex trade and have been demanding legal sanction for their trade for years. Now people practising unnatural sex have been decriminalised”. "Why is the government so apathetic towards sex workers?" Bhola asked.
India has nearly 2.5 million prostitutes operating out of nearly 300,000 brothels in 1,100 red light areas across the country.
