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Press Trust of India
Last Updated : Feb 11 2013 | 7:45 PM IST
interviews given by Abdullah as the National Conference was "part and parcel" of the UPA. "So, to raise the issue of discrimination or some other references, is actually nothing but provoking the situation in the Valley. At least the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir should not do this," he said. Javadekar said such statements from a Chief Minister were "totally unacceptable" when the country was feeling "national sense of relief" after the execution of Guru. BJP also took exception to Abdullah's "misrepresentation" of the Supreme Court verdict in the Parliament attack case claiming that it "depended on circumstantial evidence" and death sentence was awarded to "satisfy the collective conscience of the society". "Abdullah forgets conveniently that the Supreme Court had said there was not even a shred of doubt about Afzal's complicity in hatching the conspiracy to attack Parliament and evidence showed that he had actively participated in its execution," he said. Javadekar said the Supreme Court had concluded that "short of participating in the actual attack, he did everything to set in motion the diabolic mission." Yesterday, Abdullah had slammed the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and said it would reinforce a sense of alienation and injustice among generation of youth in the Valley. The Chief Minister had said it was a "tragedy" that Guru was not allowed to meet his family before he was hanged and not allowed a "final farewell".

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First Published: Feb 11 2013 | 7:45 PM IST

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