Wednesday, June 1, 2011

President''s decision final on Bhullar case: Kamat

Chandigarh, Jun 1 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Home Gurudas Kamat today declined to comment on the rejection of the mercy petition of death row convict and Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar saying that the President's decision was final verdict in the matter. "The President gave the decision (rejecting the mercy petition) after consideration of the case. She gave the final decision and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on a decision taken by the President," Kamat, who is also MoS for Communications and Information Technology, told reporters here. The dismissal of the mercy petition resulted in the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab, various other Sikh bodies including the Amritsar-based SGPC and Delhi-based DSGMC and Dal Khalsa raising the demand for review of the rejection of the mercy petition to save Bhullar from death sentence. The Opposition Congress has also demanded that Bhullar's death sentence be commuted with state unit President Amarinder Singh in his "personal capacity" also saying that the death would not solve any problem.

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