After Shashi Tharoor's private member bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality was voted out by Lok Sabha last week, the Congress MP has circulated a petition regarding the same.

Tharoor took to Twitter to share the link to the petition where he requests everyone to sign the petition as the Parliament refused to discuss his proposed Bill.

What does an MP do if Parliament won't discuss his bill? Circulate a Petition! Please sign: https://t.co/b5P1aGCXFS via @ChangeOrg_India December 23, 2015

The petition has been directed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and makes several statements against Article 377 of IPC.

"Your sexual preferences, sexuality, and partner should be your choice. Unfortunately Indian law doesn’t think so. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code gives the state the authority to investigate what’s happening in your bedroom," is how the petition begins.

It goes on to say that the Section 377 is a law that can be used to oppress and harass; it also states that Section 377 is an 'outdated bill based on Victorian morals'. It asks the people to sign the petition to 'show the Prime Minister that Indians want Section 377 to be amended.'

On December 18, the introduction of the bill seeking to "substitute a new section for section 377 of the IPC" was objected to by BJP member Nishikant Dubey when Tharoor moved it for introduction. Tharoor, however, insisted on going ahead with the introduction of the Bill arguing that Dubey was quoting only "partially" from the Supreme Court judgement. Tharoor pressed for division of votes in which the motion was negated by 71 'Noes' against 24 'yes'.

The former Union Minister said he "will move the Bill again when the session is convened next to ensure individual privacy is possible". The bulk of the votes opposing "even the introduction of the Bill" came from BJP, claimed Tharoor, although he also noted that there were "some members" of the ruling party who "seemed to have" voted to allow him to introduce it.

(With Agency Inputs)