New Delhi, January 22: In the wake of reports that Nalini Sriharan — convicted in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi — may be released soon, BJP today suggested a cautious approach as the matter involved a former Prime Minister.
“We don’t support this move (to release Nalini). We want a cautious approach. After all, the matter involves the assassination of a former Prime Minister,” BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Nalini, who was pregnant at the time of Gandhi’s assassination in 1991, was given a death sentence for her involvement in the brutal incident. Later it was commuted to life imprisonment reportedly at the behest of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
There are reports that Nalini may be released on the recommendation of an Advisory Committee formed by the DMK government in Tamil Nadu to look into her plea that she be set free.
–Agencies