Political pressure to free Rajiv case convicts unacceptable, says Cong.
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Courts ought to have the ultimate say within the matter: K.S. Alagiri
The Congress won’t be opposed to the discharge of the seven convicts within the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case if the courts resolve to free them however use of political pressure to get them launched was unacceptable to the occasion, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri stated.
On Thursday, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind to settle for the advice of the State authorities made in 2018 to remit the life sentences of the seven convicts and launch them.
“We don’t have any feeling of revenge for these seven. If you give political pressure [for their release], then there is no need for courts. When the courts released 19 of the 26 convicts, we did not oppose it nor did we appeal against it. Even now we are saying, if the courts release them, we will not be opposed to that. But it is for the courts to take that decision,” Mr. Alagiri informed The Puucho.
He stated criminals shouldn’t be portrayed with any tinge of faith, caste or language.
“If you want to take pride about Tamils, there are so many great examples — K. Kamaraj, Kalaignar [M. Karunanidhi], Abdul Kalam, Tiruvalluvar. There are many more. You need not take the examples of these people [seven convicts],” he stated.
Mr. Alagiri cautioned that any political pressure on securing the discharge of the seven convicts would lead to anarchy sooner or later.
There was a chance of many such calls for being made sooner or later. “The demand for their release is not acceptable in a humane society,” he added.
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