Saturday, February 9, 2013

Afzal Guru deserved hanging

Afzal Guru, the convict of Dec 13, 2001 Parliament attack, was sent to gallows. He deserved to be hanged. The entire nation and political parties of all hues have hailed the hanging of Afzal Guru. He had conspired the attack on the temple of our democracy- the Parliament. Some watch and ward staff of Parliament house and security staff sacrificed their lives to prevent them from entering inside the Parliament and taking hostage of the political establishment of the nation. All the five attackers were ultimately killed and their nefarious design was foiled. After the President rejected the mercy petition of Afzal Guru, the Home Ministry had no option but to give green to the jail manuals to do the rest. After following due process and course of law, he was hanged. It is also undoubtedly clear that amidst charge of being soft towards dealing with terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-led UPA government has shown will and determination to act in the interest of the nation by clearing all files first regarding the hanging of Mumbai terror attack accused lone surviving terrorist Azmal Kasab for hanging, and he was hanged then for Afzal Guru for hanging. The government also wants to show the nation that neither India is a soft state towards fighting terror nor is the Indian government of the day lacking will to fight out terror. The hanging of Afzal Guru has also sent a message for terror elements inside and across the border that India will never compromise with the security of the nation. The hanging of Azmal Kasab and Afzal Guru will certainly serve as warning to the perpetrators of terror that if they dared misadventure against India, they would meet the same consequences as Kasab and Afzal Guru have faced. There should also be no politics over the hanging of Afzal Guru. Neither the opposition BJP nor the ruling Congress-led UPA coalition should politicize his hanging. The hanging came 11 years 58 days after the attack.With this, curtains have been drawn into the most heinous attack on the symbol of Indian Democracy. UPA government rightly claims that will never shy away from taking any decision with respect to internal security of the country. Hanging of Afzal Guru has been welcomed by a wide cross section of society.

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