The issue of delay in hanging of convicts in the Nirbhaya case figured in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu terming it as “sensitive and serious” and called for implementation of the judgment at the earliest.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Sanjay Singh(AAP) said despite punishment awarded to the convicts, their hanging was postponed. He said while the entire country was on the streets following the incident in 2012, the culprits were able to get a new date every time to delay the execution. He also lamented the political blame game.
Intervening, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar blamed the Delhi Government for the delay saying the Supreme Court had awarded the sentence in 2017 and more than one and half years passed due to lack of following the due process by the State Government.
Trinamool Congress(TMC)and Congress MPs, who were raising slogans against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) and National Population Register(NPR), stopped sloganeering when Singh raised the matter. He also urged the Chief Justice of India and the President to intervene in the issue to get justice. While calling for implementation of the judgment at the earliest, Naidu also said people are agitated and concerned over the delay adding those in the system must fulfil their responsibilities.
Naidu said the convicts were given all legal opportunities and when they were exhausted, the convicts managed to get reprieve on some pretext or the other.
"We cannot allow such things to go on in the country... People are getting restive...It must be seen that judgement is implemented at the earliest," he said.