The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the plea of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, to escape the gallows.
“We welcome the SC judgement. Ultimately justice has been delivered to all the victims of the 1993 Mumbai blasts. People of the country have faith in the judiciary and with this verdict, their faith has been strengthened further,” BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said the SC verdict has made it clear that decision taken by trial court in terms of awarding death sentence was correct.
“It brings finality to the entire legal process. It would not be proper to try and go behind the decision and attribute anything to the decision. This marks the closure with respect to Yakub Memon’s trial and also a step in the direction of closure for all those who lost their family members or suffered on account of the horrific terror attack and bomb blasts in 1993 in Mumbai,” he said.
Partial justice to victims: Congress
The Congress said the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the execution of Memon was “partial justice to the 1993 Mumbai blasts victims” and that justice would be complete when the government brings back his brother Tiger Memon from Pakistan.
“Full justice would be done when the government of the day brings back Tiger Memon from Pakistan where he has been given shelter,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
CPI protests
CPI national secretary D. Raja asked the government to reconsider its stand and make necessary amendments to various laws which have provisions for the death penalty to abolish capital punishment in the country.
Mr. Raja observed that committing a crime was “more a sociological than a legal problem.”
