Tamil Nadu Government will push for release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts, says Law Minister S. Raghupathy
The Hindu
‘SC has said that the Governor himself can take a call on recommendation’
Minister for Law and Prisons S. Raghupathy said the State Government will push for the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
After inspecting the Salem Central Prison on Monday, he told reporters that in a plea filed in the Supreme Court by S. Nalini, one of the convicts, the court had observed that not just the President but the Governor himself could take a decision on the recommendation regarding their release.
“However, there is no specific timeline for this. We are hoping that the Court will offer a good decision when the case is heard next,” Mr. Raghupathy said, adding that the State Government had already met the Governor in this regard and would continue pushing for the convicts’ release.