Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday blamed the AAP government in Delhi for the "delay" in the hanging of the Nirbhaya case convicts, an allegation Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed "sad" and urged her not to indulge in politics over such an issue.
Addressing a press conference, Irani accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation of depriving the victim's mother of justice.
"Why was the prisons department, which comes under the AAP government, sleeping after the dismissal of review petition in July 2018? Why did the government give Rs 10,000 and a sewing kit to the juvenile rapist when he was released?" she asked.
Kejriwal, however, urged Irani not to do politics over the Nirbhaya case and said that everyone -- including the BJP-ruled Centre and the AAP government in Delhi -- should work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest.
"I feel sad that politics is being done on such an issue. Shouldn't we be working together to ensure that the guilty are hanged soonest?
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