The BJP Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order convicting 12 people in the 2003 murder case of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya.
The apex court set aside a Gujarat High Court verdict, delivered on August 29, 2011, which had absolved the accused of the murder charge.
The ruling BJP said the verdict was the result of the state government's relentless effort.
"We welcome the order. It was due to the relentless effort of the state government that the accused were convicted," BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya told PTI.
There was no immediate reaction from the Congress.
Pandya was the home minister in the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi-led government. He was shot dead on March 26, 2003, near Law Garden in Ahmedabad during his morning walk.
Speaking to PTI, his wife, Jagruti Pandya, said, "I will study the full judgement first and then give my reaction in a press conference."