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A day after Hazare's remark that Abhishek Manu Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty in the CD row, Khurshid said death sentence is awarded in rarest of rare cases.
Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
A day after Anna Hazare's remark that Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty in connection with a controversial CD, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the death sentence should be awarded in "rarest of rare" cases.
"I respect Anna. I am a law minister...as per my understanding a person is hanged in rarest of rare cases, especially relating to murder.
"If somone has other knowledge on law, I am prepared to learn from him. I will try to understand more about law," Khurshid said taking a dig at social crusader Hazare.
"Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty," Hazare had said on Friday at Beed in Maharashtra while touring the state for a stronger Lokayukta Act.
On the Presidential election, Khurshid said the country would get a "good President".