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| "Is Afzal Guru Your Son-In-Law?": Gadkari to Congress | | | Agencies
DEHRA DUN/NEW DEL-HI, July 9: Taunting the Congress over the delay in hanging the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, BJP President Nitin Gadkari thundered at a BJP rally in Dehra Dun last night, "Is Afzal Guru the son-in-law of Congress? Have you (Congress) given your daughter to him (Afzal)? Why is he being given special treatment?"
Afzal is on death row for over eight years after he was convicted of masterminding the December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament. The Supreme Court had upheld Afzal's death penalty in 2005. Since then, the Opposition has attacked the Congress for delaying his hanging, saying if Afzal is not hanged India will be seen as a soft state.
Four years after its opinion was sought, the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi finally gave its opinion to Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna recently, saying that it supports the Supreme Court's decision to give death sentence to Afzal Guru. But added a rider, saying that the implications of the execution must be taken into consideration.
Within hours of this, Khanna returned the file asking the Delhi government's stand on Afzal's mercy petition. The Delhi government sent back Afzal's file saying that it stood by the Supreme Court verdict. Targeting the Congress, Gadkari said, "It (Congress) is a party full of fearful people. They can never fight with terrorists and can never get rid of terrorism. It is a party which will bow down in front of terrorists and can never protect India."
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