New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court ordered the premature release of six convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case, the Congress on Saturday questioned the BJP-led government's silence on the issue.
"There shouldn't be any sympathy with terrorists. the Modi government's reprehensible silence on the release of the culprits of Rajiv Gandhii's assassins is a compromise with the terrorist act," Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal tweeted. those who applaud the release of the 'terrorists' are indirectly emboldening them, the party leader asserted.
The apex court on Friday directed that the six convicts undergoing life imprisonment in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, be set free forthwith. The court noted their remission of sentence as recommended by the Tamil Nadu state government and directed their release.
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