Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha...

Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha that the government favours the death sentence for rapists and would like to enact a law for this in consultations with states and political parties.
"I feel the punishment for rape should be death. However, I would like to get the point of view of political parties and state governments in this regard," he said intervening during Question Hour.
With members demanding stringent punishment for those guilty of rape, Advani said many members had expressed the view that if someone committed murder, the person was hanged. However, rape was worse than that but no such punishment is meted out to the culprit.
Earlier, a strong demand was made in the House that women be given adequate protection and laws regarding rape be amended.