Now, Omar calls Afzal ‘sahib’
5 March 2013 7:39 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday described Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged to death on 9 Februray, in respectful terms in the state legislative assembly suffixing his name with ‘sahib’.
The suffix ‘sahib’ is usually reserved for men held in respect.
Afzal Guru was convicted and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for plotting the December 2001 attack on Parliament.
Omar Abdullah’s anger was palpable on Monday, as he spoke in broken Urdu, miffed by the opposition charge that he failed to save the life of Afzal Guru.
Speaking on the adjournment motion on Afzal Guru, Omar Abdullah said: ‘It is being made out here as if I was responsible for his death. It appears from their (opposition’s) narrative that I put the noose around his neck and hanged him to death.’
In his speech, peppered with praise for his government’s handling of the situation in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of the execution of Afzal Guru, Omar Abdullah said Guru’s hanging was ‘political’.
‘There are questions which need to be answered. And the answers will come in the future, as there are other convicts facing the death sentence. We will see what kind of treatment is meted out to them,’ the chief minister said.
Omar Abduallah pointed out that Afzal Guru's family was not allowed to meet him one last time, and his body was not handed over to the family either. The chief minister said: ‘Yes, my government imposed restrictions. People had to face difficulties, newspapers did not hit the stalls, but we safeguarded lives, which was of prime concern.’
DIN IN ASSEMBLY OVER DEBATE
Tempers ran high in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday when a debate on the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was underway. Chief minister Omar Abdullah and the main opposition party Peoples Democratic Party levelled charges against each other. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti started the debate, saying it was ‘inhumane’ that Afzal Guru’s family was not allowed to meet him one last time before the execution was carried out on 9 February. Mehbooba Mufti sought suspension of all regular business of the house to ‘discuss this issue of urgent nature’.
The suffix ‘sahib’ is usually reserved for men held in respect.
Afzal Guru was convicted and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for plotting the December 2001 attack on Parliament.
Omar Abdullah’s anger was palpable on Monday, as he spoke in broken Urdu, miffed by the opposition charge that he failed to save the life of Afzal Guru.
Speaking on the adjournment motion on Afzal Guru, Omar Abdullah said: ‘It is being made out here as if I was responsible for his death. It appears from their (opposition’s) narrative that I put the noose around his neck and hanged him to death.’
In his speech, peppered with praise for his government’s handling of the situation in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of the execution of Afzal Guru, Omar Abdullah said Guru’s hanging was ‘political’.
‘There are questions which need to be answered. And the answers will come in the future, as there are other convicts facing the death sentence. We will see what kind of treatment is meted out to them,’ the chief minister said.
Omar Abduallah pointed out that Afzal Guru's family was not allowed to meet him one last time, and his body was not handed over to the family either. The chief minister said: ‘Yes, my government imposed restrictions. People had to face difficulties, newspapers did not hit the stalls, but we safeguarded lives, which was of prime concern.’
DIN IN ASSEMBLY OVER DEBATE
Tempers ran high in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday when a debate on the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was underway. Chief minister Omar Abdullah and the main opposition party Peoples Democratic Party levelled charges against each other. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti started the debate, saying it was ‘inhumane’ that Afzal Guru’s family was not allowed to meet him one last time before the execution was carried out on 9 February. Mehbooba Mufti sought suspension of all regular business of the house to ‘discuss this issue of urgent nature’.
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