Won’t forgive even if God asks: Nirbhaya’s mother
TNN | Jan 18, 2020, 04.48 AM IST
New Delhi: Asha Devi, Nirbhaya’s mother, on Saturday slammed senior advocate Indira Jaising for suggesting her that she should pardon her daughter’s rapists.
Earlier, in a tweet, Indira Jaising had urged Asha Devi to follow the example of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and pardon the Nirbhaya’s rapists. This triggered a controversy as Nirbhaya’s mother reacted to the tweet saying that Jaising had no authority to suggest anything to her. “It is because of such comments that justice is not done to the rape victims,” Nirbhaya’s mother said in reaction to the lawyer’s tweet.
In the tweet on Friday night, Jaising wrote: “While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn’t not want the death penalty for her. We are with you but against death penalty.”
The tweet was accompanying a video in which Nirbhaya’s mother was heard saying that “Till now, I never talked about politics, but now I want to say that those people who held protests on streets in 2012, today the same people are only playing with my daughter's death for political gains”.
While Jaising received both support and criticism for the tweet, Nirbhaya’s family members said that they were shocked by her reaction.
“Who is she to tell or suggest to me to forgive them. Even if God asks me, I won’t forgive them. I don’t have anything to do with such people. She too is a woman and should have at least felt for me while saying those. I am really sad,” said Nirbhaya’s mother.
Nirbhaya’s mother broke down during a television interview when questioned about the tweet. “People like her keep earning money under the garb of human rights. I do not need her suggestions. Just because of people who think like her incidents like rape keep happening. She is an insult to women,” Devi added.
A Delhi Court had on Friday issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts -- Akshay, Pawan, Mukesh and Vinay in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Satish Kumar Arora fixed February 1 as the date of execution of the four death row convicts. They will be hanged at 6am.
TNN | Jan 18, 2020, 04.48 AM IST
New Delhi: Asha Devi, Nirbhaya’s mother, on Saturday slammed senior advocate Indira Jaising for suggesting her that she should pardon her daughter’s rapists.
Earlier, in a tweet, Indira Jaising had urged Asha Devi to follow the example of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and pardon the Nirbhaya’s rapists. This triggered a controversy as Nirbhaya’s mother reacted to the tweet saying that Jaising had no authority to suggest anything to her. “It is because of such comments that justice is not done to the rape victims,” Nirbhaya’s mother said in reaction to the lawyer’s tweet.
In the tweet on Friday night, Jaising wrote: “While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn’t not want the death penalty for her. We are with you but against death penalty.”
The tweet was accompanying a video in which Nirbhaya’s mother was heard saying that “Till now, I never talked about politics, but now I want to say that those people who held protests on streets in 2012, today the same people are only playing with my daughter's death for political gains”.
While Jaising received both support and criticism for the tweet, Nirbhaya’s family members said that they were shocked by her reaction.
“Who is she to tell or suggest to me to forgive them. Even if God asks me, I won’t forgive them. I don’t have anything to do with such people. She too is a woman and should have at least felt for me while saying those. I am really sad,” said Nirbhaya’s mother.
Nirbhaya’s mother broke down during a television interview when questioned about the tweet. “People like her keep earning money under the garb of human rights. I do not need her suggestions. Just because of people who think like her incidents like rape keep happening. She is an insult to women,” Devi added.
A Delhi Court had on Friday issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts -- Akshay, Pawan, Mukesh and Vinay in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Satish Kumar Arora fixed February 1 as the date of execution of the four death row convicts. They will be hanged at 6am.
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