05-21-2008, 09:59 PM
Hopes of getting Sarabjit reunited with his family received a jolt by moronic statements by Home minister Patilwho wants to play political football <!--emo&:mad--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Stoking the Afzal Guru row and linking it with that of Sarabjit Singhâs release, the Home Minister Shivraj Patil said, âIf you are asking for Afzalâs hanging how can you ask pardon for Sarabjit.â He said that the attack on Parliament was a personal blow to him but one particular community canât be blamed for everything while saying that âwe will do whatever is appropriate according to law.â
Afzal Guru had been ordered to be hanged till death by the Supreme Court.
Reacting to it, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that <b>his statement was complete nonsense and said that while Sarabjit Singh's case was one of mistaken identity, Afzal Guru had been punished by the highest court in the country</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
With a dozen bomb blasts cases remaining unsolved, Patil's diverting attention from his dismal performance.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Stoking the Afzal Guru row and linking it with that of Sarabjit Singhâs release, the Home Minister Shivraj Patil said, âIf you are asking for Afzalâs hanging how can you ask pardon for Sarabjit.â He said that the attack on Parliament was a personal blow to him but one particular community canât be blamed for everything while saying that âwe will do whatever is appropriate according to law.â
Afzal Guru had been ordered to be hanged till death by the Supreme Court.
Reacting to it, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that <b>his statement was complete nonsense and said that while Sarabjit Singh's case was one of mistaken identity, Afzal Guru had been punished by the highest court in the country</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
With a dozen bomb blasts cases remaining unsolved, Patil's diverting attention from his dismal performance.