M. Venkaiah Naidu said stringent punishment, including death sentence should be given to terrorists
Union parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu
Chennai: Justifying the execution of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, Union parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said stringent punishment, including death sentence should be given to terrorists, anti-nationalists and rapists, to serve as deterrent.
“A terrorist is a terrorist. Does he have any religion? An anti-national is an anti-national. Why are you talking about his religion whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Christian?,” he asked and said 37 persons had been hanged in the recent past including Afzal Guru, Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon. Glorifying terrorists and anti-nationalists was not good, though death penalty as an issue was debatable.
It is surprising that some people came out openly in support of terrorists as and when death penalty is meted out, he told reporters here on Sunday when his attention was drawn to the raging debate on the hanging of Yakub Memon after 20 years of trial.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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