Congress MP Karti Chidambaram flays “hero worship” of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts
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Rajiv Gandhi and 15 others had been killed in a blast triggered by a girl suicide bomber Dhanu at an election rally in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Sunday opposed “hero worship” of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts and puzzled why there was no discuss those that had been killed alongside the previous Prime Minister in 1991.
The Lok Sabha MP from Sivaganga, referring to the seven convicts mentioned, “do not make them heroes, they are not heroes,” and requested whether or not the 15 different victims weren’t Tamils.
Also, he sought to know, “what about justice for them?”
Tagging a clip of his interview to News18 Tamil Nadu channel on his Twitter deal with, Mr. Karti regretted that the so- referred to as pro-Tamil outfits- that help the discharge of the seven convicts- have by no means spoken in regards to the victims.
Rajiv Gandhi and 15 others had been killed in a blast triggered by a girl suicide bomber Dhanu at an election rally in Sriperumbudur close to right here on May 21, 1991.
The ruling AIADMK, predominant opposition DMK and virtually all different events help the discharge of the convicts, V Sriharan alias Murugan, T Suthendraraja alias Santhan, A. G. Perarivalan alias Arivu, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Nalini.
The AIADMK authorities advisable their launch in 2018 and the matter is pending with Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee had mentioned political events demanding their launch was unacceptable.
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