A post is widely shared on social media with a claim that the Narendra Modi-led BJP Government has passed an ordinance to hang all rapists. It is also being claimed that President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the new amendment passed by the Government of India.

A Facebook user shared a post with a claim that "Modi Government has passed an ordinance to hang all rapists, President approved the ordinance".

The post is also shared on Twitter. 

Fact Check

In our investigation, we found that the viral claim is false.

We did a search of this viral claim on Google. We sought to know with the help of related keywords whether the President has approved any such ordinance in the recent past. We could not find any authentic report recently, which confirms that the provision of capital punishment has been made for all rapists in India.

We have come across some media reports from 2018 which state that the President has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018. According to a report, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 was brought in the Union Cabinet meeting on 21st April 2018, which was promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 22nd April 2018. This amendment by the Indian Government allows Courts to award capital punishment to those found guilty of raping a girl under 12 years of age. But nowhere it is written that all the accused of rape will be hanged

The minimum punishment in case of rape of women has been increased from rigorous imprisonment of seven years to 10 years, extendable to life imprisonment. In case of rape of a girl under 16 years, the minimum punishment has been increased from 10 years to 20 years, extendable to imprisonment for rest of life, which means jail term till the convict's "natural life".

After the Kathua in Jammu and Unnao rape incidents in 2018, the BJP government had introduced the criminal law amendment ordinance. Later, by amending this ordinance, the Government of India passed ‘The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018’ in Parliament.

In conclusion, The viral claim is false that Narendra Modi-led BJP Government has passed an ordinance to hang all rapists. The Government of India passed The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 by amending the Indian penal code. This amendment by the Indian Government allows Courts to award capital punishment to those found guilty of raping a girl under 12 years of age. There is no provision to give the death penalty to every accused of rape.