<p>Ex-prime minister H D Deve Gowda said it is necessary to make suitable amendments to law to award immediate death sentence to those who involve in heinous acts like gang-rape.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing mediapersons in Hassan on Sunday, he said laws have been strengthened to punish the accused. <br /><br />The procedures should not be prolonged and a system should be brought to force to award maximum punishment like death to rape accused within a shortest possible time. Legal experts and leaders of all states should consider the issue and if necessary effect constitutional amendments, he said.<br /><br />Earlier, inaugurating the district unit of civil engineers and Vastu experts association, he said nobody will forget the efforts of Sir M Visvesvaraya who struggled to build Krishnarajasagar reservoir in the state. <br /><br />Similarly, people should not forget the efforts taken by him (Gowda) for the construction of Hemavathy, Yagachi reservoirs as he had also faced a lot of problems at the time, he reminded.<br /><br />“Some have been questioning what has Deve Gowda done in the past four years. They should recall the four-year period and will understand what I have done”, he said. The four chief ministers who came to power are responsible for the current crisis in the state, he stated.<br /><br />He said he visited all four reservoirs along with a representative of a national media, who made a report on the current status of water in the state. He will not disclose anything as the whole country will know its impact within three days, he added.<br /><br />He said he welcomes the proposal to apply Article 371 on Hyderabad-Karnataka region. But he suspected a motive behind the same as the Congress government is prepared to do anything to woo vote banks.<br /><br /> “The BJP and Congress are trying to finish off the JD(S) in the state, but I am trying to strengthen the third front,” he said.<br /> </p>
<p>Ex-prime minister H D Deve Gowda said it is necessary to make suitable amendments to law to award immediate death sentence to those who involve in heinous acts like gang-rape.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing mediapersons in Hassan on Sunday, he said laws have been strengthened to punish the accused. <br /><br />The procedures should not be prolonged and a system should be brought to force to award maximum punishment like death to rape accused within a shortest possible time. Legal experts and leaders of all states should consider the issue and if necessary effect constitutional amendments, he said.<br /><br />Earlier, inaugurating the district unit of civil engineers and Vastu experts association, he said nobody will forget the efforts of Sir M Visvesvaraya who struggled to build Krishnarajasagar reservoir in the state. <br /><br />Similarly, people should not forget the efforts taken by him (Gowda) for the construction of Hemavathy, Yagachi reservoirs as he had also faced a lot of problems at the time, he reminded.<br /><br />“Some have been questioning what has Deve Gowda done in the past four years. They should recall the four-year period and will understand what I have done”, he said. The four chief ministers who came to power are responsible for the current crisis in the state, he stated.<br /><br />He said he visited all four reservoirs along with a representative of a national media, who made a report on the current status of water in the state. He will not disclose anything as the whole country will know its impact within three days, he added.<br /><br />He said he welcomes the proposal to apply Article 371 on Hyderabad-Karnataka region. But he suspected a motive behind the same as the Congress government is prepared to do anything to woo vote banks.<br /><br /> “The BJP and Congress are trying to finish off the JD(S) in the state, but I am trying to strengthen the third front,” he said.<br /> </p>
