"Policy should be same for all for handing over bodies": Cong

Congress today said there should not be "pick and choose" policy for handing over bodies of those hanged to their family members and it should be same for all.
"Generally whosoever have been hanged to death, bodies have been handed over to their family members. It happened in the recent case of Yakub Memon. Since Memon's body has been handed over to his family...After having done so there should not be pick and choose over handing bodies to families," senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters here.
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said this when asked whether Afzal Guru's body, should have been handed over to his family after the execution.

Guru, convict of the 2001 Parliament attack, was hanged in 2013 and there have been demands for return of mortal remains of the Guru, must be returned to his family.
The body of the lone convict of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon was handed over to his family by the jail authorities on July 30.
Azad said "There has been a demand in Kashmir for this (for returning mortal remains of Guru). That demand will be more in future."

The senior Congress leader said "It is ultimately Supreme Court should take notice of it and should take decision and it should be applicable to all the people and all the religion across the country."

Referring to Nation Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into terror attacks, Azad raised questions over the present government's intention acts?
He alleged NIA has been told to go slow.
"Why go slow? who is involved? Why does not High Court take up, Supreme Court take up this? Who is the authority who are behind Samjhauta blasts? Because that again has divided the country. Who was behind Malegaon blasts? Who were behind Mecca masjid blast? Which persons in the government to go slow and why?" he asked.
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha claimed that "NIA in its investigation, in Malegaon blast, Masjid balst and Samjhauta blast had come to conclusion that those involved into the blasts had some direct or indirect associations with the ruling party or RSS. So they are worried where the terror trail will lead to. Which is why they The NIA has been directed to go slow on the trial."

Sharpening his attack on BJP, he accused the ruling party for the "polarisation" of the country in the name of religion.
"There is so much polarisation of the country including Jammu and Kashmir after BJP coming to power in the name of religion," he alleged.