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Bangalore, Jul 2: Over 500 sex workers, both male and female, took part in a mammoth two-hour rally in Bangalore City on Tuesday evening to protest against the changes incorporated in the Immoral Traffic Prevention Amendment Bill 2006.
A major grouse voiced out by the sex workers was the move to penalise their clients for they feared it would result in a deathblow to their livelihood.
“Our children and parents are financially dependent on us” said Guru Kiran, a volunteer of the Karnataka Sex Workers Union.
Any move made to penalise clients would also ensure that the sex business goes underground. “It would result in an increase in incidence of HIV as it would be very difficult for us to distribute condoms openly as is being done now,” Kiran said.