 Rajnath Singh, a member of the ruling party BJP and the Home Minister, is on record shortly after the law was re-instated in 2013, claiming that his party is "unambiguously" in favour of he law, also claiming that "We will state (at an all-party meeting if it is called) that we support Section 377 because we believe that homosexuality is an unnatural act and cannot be supported.” Yogi Adityanath, BJP MP, Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, endorsed Radev's comments, saying he welcomes the verdict and will "oppose any move to decriminalise homosexuality.