Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said it’s fair for the courts to determine the release of seven convicts in the case relating to the assassination of his father, Rajiv Gandhi, pronouncing neither he nor his family members harboured “animosity or hatred” towards them. “It (Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination) has components. While one becomes personal, which we’ve dealt with, the opposite turned into the felony course, which has to take its (very own) course. Whatever route the criminal issue takes, we are glad about it,” Rahul stated, addressing a press conference here. “We are pretty forgiving humans, we do not have animosity or hatred closer to everybody, and it is for the courts to decide (on their launch),” he said. The Congress President responded to a query on the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case that is presently pending before the Tamil Nadu Governor.
In September, the Tamil Nadu Cabinet had handed down a decision approving the discharge of 7 convicts, such as Nalini, Murugan, Santhan, and Perarivalan, in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and despatched the document to Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The record referring to their release is pending before the Governor, and the discharge of the seven convicts is causing incredible emotional trouble in Tamil Nadu. There were non-stop protests demanding their release from prison. All seven had been in jail since 1991, and numerous petitions on their behalf seeking premature release had been rejected. Rajiv Gandhi turned into assassinated on May 21, 1991, by way of an LTTE suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur, 50 km from here, for the duration of a Congress rally. The death sentence of Nalini was commuted to life imprisonment at the request of Congress leader and late Rajiv Gandhi’s widow, Sonia Gandhi.