BJP lashes out at Omar Abdullah for remarks against Afzal Guru’s hanging

11 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu has lashed out at Omar Abdullah for his remarks, questioning the secrecy surrounding the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, saying that interview given by the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister is highly objectionable, and not in the national interest.  The Congress, while claiming that everybody had a right to express his views, maintained that death penalties were carried out after a very deliberate scrutiny process.

The incident happened on December 13, 2001 and the final judgement was given in December 18, 2002 and then a review petition was filed in 2005 which was rejected. Abdullah, who has repeatedly stressed in the past that Guru's execution could have severe repercussions in Jammu and Kashmir, had earlier on Saturday urged the people not to politicise the issue and to maintain peace and calm in the state.

President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Guru's mercy plea on February 03 and a final decision to hang him was taken. Guru was hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at 8 am on Saturday. Guru was convicted of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on Parliament and was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in 2004. 

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