Smriti Irani blames AAP, Arvind Kejriwal says let’s not politicise matter
TNN | Jan 18, 2020, 04.38 AM IST
TNN | Jan 18, 2020, 04.38 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani blamed the Aam Aadmi Party government on Friday for the delay in the hanging of the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya case. She accused Delhi government of slowing the process after the Supreme Court had rejected the convicts’ review petition in July 2018. In response, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urged BJP not to politicise the case but to work together in ensuring that the sentencing in such incidents was carried out quickly.
Kejriwal tweeted, “I feel sad politics being done on such issue. Shudn’t v be working together to ensure guilty r hanged soonest? Shudn’t v join hands to ensure a system so that such beasts get hanged within 6 months? Pl don’t do politics on this. Let’s together create a safe city for our women (sic).”
The CM later asserted that his government had completed all its responsibilities with regard to the case “within a few hours”. He told reporters, “Delhi government has no role in delaying the hanging.”
In a video message released on Twitter, Kejriwal added, “The postponement of hanging of convicts has disappointed everyone. We all want them to be hanged as soon as possible. It is sad that such a sensitive issue has become the subject of politics.”
Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012. The brutalised victim, who was later given the name Nirbhaya, had died in a Singapore hospital while undergoing treatment.
Irani claimed that when the entire country was united in seeking expeditious justice for Nirbhaya, Kejriwal had delayed the process of justice. She said the Supreme Court had rejected the review petitions of the convicts in July 2018, but the jail administration and Delhi government had suppressed the case. She asked the AAP government why the convicts hadn’t yet been hanged in the year and a half since their review petition was rejected.
The Union minister also noted that Delhi government had granted Rs 10,000 and a sewing kit on the release of the juvenile accused, who she described as the cruellest among the rapists. She welcomed Friday’s rejection of Singh’s mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Kejriwal tweeted, “I feel sad politics being done on such issue. Shudn’t v be working together to ensure guilty r hanged soonest? Shudn’t v join hands to ensure a system so that such beasts get hanged within 6 months? Pl don’t do politics on this. Let’s together create a safe city for our women (sic).”
The CM later asserted that his government had completed all its responsibilities with regard to the case “within a few hours”. He told reporters, “Delhi government has no role in delaying the hanging.”
In a video message released on Twitter, Kejriwal added, “The postponement of hanging of convicts has disappointed everyone. We all want them to be hanged as soon as possible. It is sad that such a sensitive issue has become the subject of politics.”
Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012. The brutalised victim, who was later given the name Nirbhaya, had died in a Singapore hospital while undergoing treatment.
Irani claimed that when the entire country was united in seeking expeditious justice for Nirbhaya, Kejriwal had delayed the process of justice. She said the Supreme Court had rejected the review petitions of the convicts in July 2018, but the jail administration and Delhi government had suppressed the case. She asked the AAP government why the convicts hadn’t yet been hanged in the year and a half since their review petition was rejected.
The Union minister also noted that Delhi government had granted Rs 10,000 and a sewing kit on the release of the juvenile accused, who she described as the cruellest among the rapists. She welcomed Friday’s rejection of Singh’s mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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