Naming anti-rape law after girl will be an honour:
Family
A day after Union Minister Shashi
Tharoor favoured naming
the revised anti-rape law after Delhi
gang-rape victim, her
family members today said they have no
objection to it and the
move would be an honour to the girl.
The family
members of the 23-year-old girl said that "if
her name is made public
for this purpose, they have no
objection to
it".
Talking to
PTI, the father and brother of the girl said
that "if the government
names the revised anti-rape law after
her, they have no
objection and it would be an honour to her".
Tharoor had
yesterday favoured making public the
identity of the
gang-rape victim wondering what interest was
served by keeping her
name under wraps.
Tharoor,
the Minister of State for Human Resources
Development, had also
said the revised anti-rape legislation
should be named after
the victim if her parents do not have
any
objection.
"Wondering
what interest is served by continuing
anonymity of
#DelhGangRape victim. Why not name&honour her
as
a real person w/own
identity?" he asked on micro-blogging site
Twitter.
"Unless her
parents object, she should be honoured&the
revised anti-rape law
named after her. She was a human being
w/a name,not just a
symbol," Tharoor, who is known for
speaking his mind,
said.
On reports
of Telugu filmmaker Ramana Gaddam planning to
make changes in his
upcoming film to highlight the brutal
gangrape, the girl's
brother said before doing so he should
meet them and give
information about the storyline.
He said the
director would have to clarify what he wants
to portray in the
movie.
Asked about
the financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh
announced by the Uttar
Pradesh government and assistance of Rs
15 lakh and job
announced by Delhi
said though
announcements have been made, they are yet to
receive the
assistance.
However,
the girl's father said he was satisfied with the
announcements made by
the government.
The family
members termed as misleading reports in the
media that the girl was
about to get married.
On a
question regarding police charge sheet in the case,
the brother said they
do not want to comment on the issue and
only want justice
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