Finding fault with Tamil NaduChief Minister J Jayalalithaa's 13-point action plan forwomen's safety, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said he was ofthe firm opinion that awarding solitary confinement till deathto rape convicts alone could check such heinous crimes.
"Like social thinkers and legal experts, I have neversupported death penalty. My view is that solitary confinementtill death to sexual offenders is the apt punishment tothem. Though the state government has not taken my opinion, Ihope the Centre will take necessary action," he said.
Referring to Jayalalithaa's views that sexual offenderswould be brought under the purview of Goondas Act, the DMKpatriarch asked what was the guarantee that the perpetratorswould not again indulge in such crimes after coming out ofprison after a year.
He said the Chief Minister's 13-point action plan couldbe added to her list of "unfulfilled promises." He alsoaccused the Chief Minister of misusing the Goondas Act againstopposition.