Kapil Sibal questions BJP's silence over TN Govt's decision

19 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal on questioned the silence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Tamil Nadu Government's decision to release late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's killers. He further added that the same people who said that the terrorists must be punished and hanged immediately during the case of Afzal guru were silent on the entire issue. He proclaimed their agenda and ideology of being political and stated that if they had been true then they would have spoken against it.

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani underscored that it was the right decision as the persons had faced death sentence, hanging on their heads for a very long time and they are entitled to be released if their behavior is good. Under sec 435, if the offences have been investigated by CBI, then commutation cannot be done unless approved by the Centre.

Earlier on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had said that the state cabinet would apply powers applicable to it under the Constitution to release the three convicted assassinators of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi-Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan-if the Central Government failed to act on the same within the next three days. She also said that the other convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, namely, Nalini, Jayakumar, Robert Paes and Ravichandran, would also be released.

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