Its a constitutional process: Cong

With the BJP raking up the issue of execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru following President Pratibha Patils rejection of mercy pleas of two other convicts.

Written by Express News Service
New Delhi | May 28, 2011 03:10 AM IST

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With the BJP raking up the issue of execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru following President Pratibha Patils rejection of mercy pleas of two other convicts,the Congress on Friday maintained that it was a constitutional process which cannot be leapfrogged.

Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters that it was not appropriate to link the process of deciding mercy petitions to one or two cases. It is a constitutional process. Rest assured,as the process goes on in a sequence,it will be dealt with. Some will be accepted,some rejected, he said.