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| Clemency is good but what if hijackers seek it too! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 4: Omar Abdullah's comments on Afzal Guru have evoked severe criticism across India. The BJP has even torched his effigies at several places for seeking clemency for Afzal Guru. Afzal was awarded death sentence for his involvement in Parliament attack case.
While Omar was ridiculed for his comments, the Punjab Chief Minister, Prakash Singh Badal made a similar demand. In a letter addressed to the President of India, he sought clemency for Devinder Singh Bhullar Singh's mercy petition was also rejected by the President who is on death row for plotting the attempt on the life of Punjab SSP Sumedh Singh Saini in 1991 and then Youth Congress worker M S Bitta in 1993.
The chief minister had, on the micro blogging site, said that if the JK Assembly had passed a resolution against the death sentence given to Guru as was done by the Tamil Nadu assembly for the killers of Rajiv Gandhi, the reaction would not have been as muted as it is now. This had drawn a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which dubbed Abdullah's comments as "unfortunate".
Speaking to NDTV, Abdullah said that he stood by his comments on Guru and the response to his tweet was just a reflection of the double standards on Kashmir.
Hitting back at the BJP, the chief minister asked why the party wasn't burning effigies of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for seeking clemency in Bhullar Singh's case.
The resolutions of Tamil Nadu Assembly, Omar's comments on Guru, Prakash Singh Badal's letter seeking clemency for Bhullar and Abdul Rashid's proposed resolution has triggered a serious debate on clemency.
If Rajiv Gandhi's killers and a Parliament attack accused can be considered for clemency, the Sikh youth who hijacked a plane to Pakistan in early 80s also deserve similar treatment. The youth were arrested and put on trial in Pakistani courts. They were convicted and after serving their term in prison, released. They, however, have not returned to India for obvious reasons.
Since the states of Tamil Nadu, Jammu Kashmir and Punjab seem to have understood the concept and object of clemency properly, they better file a joint petition to ensure return of the Sikh youth to their respective homes. |
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