She also asked Mrs. Gandhi how Mr. Kurien could be allowed to preside over the legislative debate on criminal law amendments for tougher rape laws.
In response to a United Nations report claiming 75% of women had been raped or sexually abused during the war, she introduced a tougher rape law, though a special court to prosecute sex crimes has so far proved ineffective.
Campaigners are calling for tougher rape laws and reforms to the police, who - critics say - often fail to file charges against accused attackers.
Following public outcry over the Delhi attack, India introduced tougher rape laws in March, which include the death penalty for repeat offenders and for those whose victims were left in a "vegetative state".
The homophobe toad Machard takes over the case and gives jurisdiction to Judge Wagner – a gay man notoriously tough on rape.
This comes after increasing it to 18 in a tough anti-rape ordinance following the outrage after the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi last December.
In the former category would be suggestions like a proposed new tough anti-rape law in honour of the young woman in Delhi who just passed away.
It led to mass protests, new tougher anti-rape laws and a far greater interest in the issue from the media and politicians, locally as well as globally.
Also, the government, initially slow to respond to the chorus of outrage, was pushed to implement tougher anti-rape laws, which in itself was a positive development.
