This is the question that is on everyone's mind; from the President of India to the prison guard keeping vigil over Mohammad Afzal, one of the key conspirators involved in the suicide attack on the Parliament on December 13th, 2001.
Afzal's wife and his family have met the President today with a mercy petition for the terrorist. Her plea is that because Afzal has lost faith in the Indian Justice system. Yeah right, since when have terrorists started believing in Justice Systems? The attack on the Parliament was a daredevil stunt and was a slap for all that Indian democracy stands for. Adding weight to the voice of Afzal's wife were so called social activists who feel that hanging Afzal would be a stigma on Indian Democracy? One such voice was Arundhati Roy, who off late has come to oppose anything and everything under the sun! Why are these guys so obsessed with the human rights of only one individual? What about the scores of guards who died in that attack? Didn't these guys have human rights too? Didn't they deserve to live? Who had given people like Afzal the right to kill them? Is this the meaning of Democracy?
If we spare Afzal today, what will stop the terrorist outfits from hijacking another Indian aircraft and demand that he be released? Besides, why should one invest time, money and energy in keeping a hardened terrorist alive and well? These guys think that India is a "soft state" and it is high time the we set an example that some insane individuals cannot hold a nation of 1 billion people to ransom. A strong example that we dont want anything to do with terrorists and we wouln't shy away from eliminating them.
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Hang that bastard, and with him hang those who are opposed to it. He has been pronounced guilty of one of the worst crimes in the history of the country. If he is pardoned, I will lose my faith in the judiciary. It is time APJ starightened his spine.
Completely agree with you..
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