Manmohan Singh, in his press conference yesterday, had said the "law of the land" should be allowed to take its course in dealing with the issue of Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru.
BJP today took objections to prime minister Manmohan Singh's comment that law of the land should be allowed to take its course in deciding the fate of Afzal Guru, saying Supreme Court has already given him death sentence and it was up to the government to execute the verdict.
"Prime minister's comment on the issue is misleading. The law of the land has already taken its course and found him guilty. The Supreme Court has said that he should be hanged. Now it is up to the government to carry out the execution," senior BJP leader V K Malhotra said.
Singh, in his press conference yesterday, had said the "law of the land" should be allowed to take its course in dealing with the issue of Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru.
"It is not proper for the prime minister to say that law will take its course. The legal process is already over. Guru's execution has been delayed for political reasons," Malhotra, leader of opposition in the Delhi Assembly, said.
The Delhi government last week sent its views on Guru's mercy petition file to Lieutenant governor Tejendar Khanna with comments that it had no objection to the hanging but its implications on law and order needed to be kept in mind.
The city government's move came after the home ministry
recently sent the 16th reminder seeking its opinion on the matter.
The Delhi government has been dilly-dallying on the matter for nearly four years and the capital punishment awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab in the Mumbai attacks case brought the issue under fresh focus.
Guru was awarded death sentence by a Delhi court on December 18, 2002 after he was convicted for attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
The death sentence was upheld by Delhi high court on October 29, 2003 and his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court two years later on August 4, 2005.
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