Don't agree with Indira Jaising's remarks on death penalty in Nirbhaya case: KTS Tulsi

Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate KTS Tulsi on Saturday said that he does t agree with Indira Jaising's suggestion given to Nirbhaya's mor to forgive convicts and against death penalty. Tulsi said that people of such "derived character" do t deserve to live.

On Thursday, Indira Jaising, through a tweet, had urged Asha Devi to forgive perpetrators and had used example of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, who had forgiven Nalini, one of convicts of her son's murder who was given death penalty by courts.

Speaking to media Tulsi said, "India has mand to balance having death penalty by having rarely used it. In last 17 years, only four executions have taken place. However, this is a case where barbarity and brutality took place. I don't think people of such derived character deserve to live and we need to make an example of this."

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Justice RS Sodhi reacts

Earlier in day, Retired Delhi High Court Judge Justice RS Sodhi also accused human rights activist and senior lawyer Indira Jasing of seeking limelight by suggesting that Nirbhaya's mor should forgive perpetrators and said that such insensitivity must be checked. He said that victim's mor did t make death penalty law and had thing to do with conviction eir. 

Talking about Indira's remark Sodhi said, "As far as an opinion about forgiving or t forgiving convicts goes, it is up to victim's mor. However, was she (Jasing) a part of candle marches and protests that took place after incident? w that law has taken its course, you are asking mor to be kind? Is this t insensitivity at this time? This insensitivity must be checked. Whatever your views may be on death penalty or whatever activism you want to do, do it in a rational manner. Don't seek limelight all time on wrong things. debate over wher death penalty is a proper punishment has been going on for long and will continue. Until law is changed, rarest of rare cases will get death sentences. This was one of those cases."

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Indira's comment

Earlier today, Asha Devi, mor of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim had slammed senior lawyer Indira Jaising for her suggestion that she should forgive her daughter's rapists. "Who is Indira Jaising to give me such a suggestion? whole country wants convicts to be executed. Just because of people like her, justice is t done with rape victims," Asha Devi said.

Jaising had said she fully identifies with pain of Asha Devi but was against death penalty. "While I fully identify with pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she did t want death penalty for her. We are with you but against death penalty," she had said in tweet. 

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(with ANI inputs)

(im: PTI)