The raging debate on whether Mohd.Afzal alias Afzal Guru, found guilty by the Supreme Court of masterminding the attack on Indian Parliament in 2001, should be sent to the gallows or his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment has understandably taken an emotional turn.
The letters column in the newspapers and blog sites on Internet, are replete with demands of vendetta against the bearded Kashmiri, for his treachery against the nation. Political parties are divided on predictable lines. The BJP is opposed to any mercy for the Kashmiri, in tune with its tough nationalistic posture, while the CPI (M) has openly professed it, again in tune with its liberal pro-Human rights approach, with the Congress central leadership undecided where it stands, even as its Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir petitioned the Prime Minister to grant mercy.
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