Afzal Guru being treated as son-in-law of Congress: Nitin Gadkari Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/afzal-guru-being-treated-as-son-in-law-of-congress-nitin-gadkari
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 22:05

As the Afzal Guru case file hangs fire in the corridors of power, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has slammed the Congress for the delay in hanging the man convicted and sentenced to death for the attack on Parliament in December 2001.

Addressing a party rally in Dehradun, Gadkari had some uncomfortable questions for the Congress.

"I want to ask the Congress leaders if Afzal Guru is their son-in-law. It 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," he said.
The BJP president's comments have brought the focus back on the Afzal Guru case file.


Arrested within days after the attack in which 13 people were killed, 41-year-old Afzal Guru was convicted of masterminding the attack that almost succeeded in rupturing India's political establishment.

On death row for over eight years, his fate hangs in the files shuffling between the Delhi government and the Centre.

Four years after its opinion was sought, the Sheila Dikshit government finally gave its opinion to the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna 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, the Lt Governor 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 SC verdict.

So what now for the man who, in an interview to NDTV just seven days after the attack, almost confessed to the crime?

When asked about the motive behind the entire Parliament attack conspiracy, Afzal had told NDTV on December 20, 2001 that the motive was to 'finish' all the MPs.

The Supreme Court upheld Afzal's death penalty in 2005. Since then, the Opposition has attacked the UPA for delaying his hanging, saying if Afzal is not hanged India will be seen as a soft state.

"If Afzal had been hanged, then 26/11 would not have happened," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar had said.

There's still no clarity on what lies for Afzal Guru in the future. The files will however, in all likelihood, continue to go back and forth.

 


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