Slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru were raised in a rally brought out by Jadavpur University students in Kolkata on Tuesday to express solidarity with their JNU counterparts agitating against the arrest of their leader Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged sedition.
Afzal had sought review of the judgment saying that he did not a get fair trial.
Separatist JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has said that it was very unfortunate that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy petition was dismissed and he was hanged in secrecy.
In the wake of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, global rights groups have asked India to end the use of executions and move towards abolishing the death penalty.
The RSS has accused Congress-led UPA of dilly-dallying over the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to appease the minority community.
"Give up arms and come for talks or our forces will hunt you down," the home minister said in election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Every trick in the trade is being tried unabashedly.
In simple arithmetical terms every possible 'arrangement' is being made to deny a majority to its rivals. A split verdict would hand a vital advantage to the BJP which is adept at extracting the best out of such a situation, notes Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs.
A Delhi high court bench will hear his appeal on February 3.
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front on Friday warned of "consequences" if the Union home ministry's recommendation to the President to reject the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is implemented. "The responsibility for the consequences of acting in haste on the recommendation of the home ministry on Afzal Guru's mercy petition will rest with the government of India," Mirwaiz said.
President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 3, leading to his hanging on Saturday, Union Home Secretary R K Singh has said. "The President rejected Afzal Guru's mercy petition on February 3. After that, we followed the jail manual and his hanging took place today," he told reporters.
Nearly three years after the hanging of Afzal Guru, Congress leader P Chidambaram said that he felt it was possible that the case was "perhaps not correctly decided".
People had also started gathering at Mukhtar Ansari's residence in Ghazipur and there was a large deployment of security personnel around the house.
Parliamentarians Roger Godsiff and Jeremy Corbyn joined demonstrators of the South Asia Solidarity Group on Friday to urge President A P J Abdul Kalam to protect the 'human rights' of Afzal.
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday expressed disappointment over the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and appealed to the people of Kashmir to exercise restraint.
"Mercy petition filed by Tabassum, wife of the Parliament House attack convict Afzal Guru, should be rejected. Nature of the crime committed is heinous and he deserves no mercy," a ministry note said. Guru was awarded the death sentence by a Delhi court on December 18, 2002 after being convicted of conspiracy to attack Parliament on December 13, 2001, waging war against the country and murder.
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid has completed four years in jail after being arrested in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots.
After the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the call for execution of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh has grown louder in Pakistan. Tahir Ali reports
Guru said he was moved by the 'solidarity' he has received from the people cutting across ideological divides apart from the support he got from Jammu and Kashmir.
After yet another reminder from the home ministry, the Delhi Government on Monday said it would send in the "shortest possible time" its opinion on the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
An independent member of legislative assembly in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly has submitted a resolution to the speaker seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru.
Peoples Democratic Party leaders on Wednesday met the family of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru at Doabgah Sopore in north Kashmir.
Seeking to cash in on Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal's reported remarks on speeding up decision on his death sentence, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday demanded immediate implementation of the Supreme Court order, upholding his punishment."Afzal's allegation of the United Progressive Alliance government being indecisive is a serious charge. The Congress-led government has been found double faced on the issue," said BJP spokersperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice H K Sema issued the order on Afzal's petition and tagged it along\n\nwith the petitions filed by the Delhi police and another accused, Shaukat Hussain Guru.
A day after the Peoples Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government assumed power in Jammu and Kashmir, a group of lawmakers from the Kashmiri party demanded that the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict be handed over to the family.
ndian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's sister on Friday said there was constant threat to her brother's life in Pakistan after the hanging of Afzal Guru and "suspecting attack" she had approached authorities but no action was taken.
The Delhi battlefield may not be a cakewalk for the Rhodes Scholar.
An independent legislator, Engineer Abdul Rashid on Wednesday said that he will press for the release of all political prisoners and return of the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru in the upcoming budget session of the state assembly.
From putting up a decent performance in the last Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh winning 10 seats stitching an alliance with arch rival Samajwadi Party, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party drew a blank in the current general elections, dealing a severe blow to its reputation of representing the voice of Dalits in the state.
Union Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Monday ruled out quitting the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre over the hanging of Afzal Guru, an issue on which Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had made some strong statements. "Why should we leave the government? We have got a job to do. You don't leave, I have no such idea," Abdullah said.
Security has been beefed up at all the sensitive places, including national capital New Delhi and Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, as a precautionary measure since early morning on Saturday after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
B Raman assesses the likely threats to India from Afzal Guru's execution.
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged on Saturday morning at Tihar Jail, was buried inside the prison complex soon after his execution. "He (Guru) was buried near jail number three," said a top Tihar Jail official.
Government is likely to turn down the request of family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail, for handing over his body
Union Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today ruled out quitting the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre over hanging of Afzal Guru, an issue on which Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had made some strong statements.
Afzal, who was imprisoned in Jail Number 3 after the court issued the warrant, was shifted to Jail No 4 on Friday owing to security concerns.
"What about Afzal Guru, who attacked Parliament, our temple of democracy, in 2001 ? That offence predates Kasab's heinous act by many years," Modi tweeted.
Afzal's mercy petition is pending with President A P J Abdul Kalam.
The wife of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail last week, has said she had full right over his body and demanded that the mortal remains be handed over to her for 'proper burial' in his home state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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