We’re OK with Rajiv convicts’ release if courts decide: Cong

We’re OK with Rajiv convicts’ release if courts decide: Cong

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Coimbatore:22.01.2021

Congress has no objection to the release of Rajiv case convicts if due process of law was followed, said Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K S Alagiri.

Talking to reporters in Coimbatore on Thursday, Alagiri said the party would accept any decision taken by courts. “If courts order the release of seven convicts, we have no objection,’’ he said. However, Alagiri decried that there was politics surrounding the release of the seven convicts. Pointing out that there was a clamour demanding their release citing them being Tamils, Alagiri askedif the police personnel and others who died in the bomb blast along with Rajiv Gandhi were not Tamils.

He said if the same yardstick was applied to all life convicts and it was demanded that they be released after some years in jail, then the Congress would welcome it. “But the Congress does not accept the politics surrounding the clamour for the release of these seven alone,citing their identity as Tamils.”

On the release of V K Sasikala, Alagiri said her return from prison would not bring any political change in TN.

Talking about assembly elections, Alagiri said Congress party was not interested in a third front in Tamil Nadu. He said that a third front doesn’t augur well for the state. Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s visit would boost the prospects of the alliance, he said. “Rahul’s visit is aimed at changing the corruption ridden AIADMK government and put in place a secular government. He is not visiting just to campaign, but to interact and know first hand the issues confronted by members of the public,” he said.

Rahul would be landing in Coimbatore on January 23 and tour Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur and Dindigul. EPS will also campaign in Coimbatore and Tirurpur during the same time.