Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin in his letter to the President of India, Ramnath Kovind has requested to accept the recommendation of the state Government. They have recommended to pass appropriate actions and remit the life sentence of all the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
He has also demanded their immediate release. He says that the convicts have already paid a heavy price and suffered untold hardships and agony in the past three decades. He has also mentioned that the courts are also recognizing the need to decongest prisons due to the ongoing Covid crisis.
He also added that there has already been an inordinate delay in the consideration of their pleas for remission. He says this is what the other political parties of Tamil Nadu and the people of Tamil Nadu want. DMK in their manifesto had also promised to efforts to secure the release of the convicts.
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