Political pressure to free Rajiv case convicts unacceptable, says Cong.
The Hindu
Courts should have the final say in the matter: K.S. Alagiri
The Congress will not be opposed to the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case if the courts decide to free them but use of political pressure to get them released was unacceptable to the party, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri said. On Thursday, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind to accept the recommendation of the State government made in 2018 to remit the life sentences of the seven convicts and release 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 told The Hindu.More Related News
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