Support for Rajiv Gandhi killers grows

The families of the victims of the 1991 blast that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi approached the Supreme Court on Sunday against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the seven convicts in the case.

Abbas and John Joesph from the families of the victims, a Tamil Nadu Congress spokesperson Americai Narayanan and three others have filed a Public Interest Litigation or PIL in the Supreme Court challenging Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's decision to release Rajiv Gandhi's killers.

The petition says the state must keep in mind not only the interest of the convicts, but also the effect the decision may have on the family of the victims and the society as a whole.

The petition says the decision to release is for narrow political gains and against the constitution. "While the clemency power is vested with Governor and the President under the Constitution... how can remission power be granted to a state," it says.


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