BJP mum on Saddam death penalty

The BJP today remained silent on the death sentence handed to Saddam Hussein.

BJP sources said any reaction on the Iraqi court verdict on Hussein could be now counter-productive for the party politically.

"Hailing the death sentence could leave an impression about being pro-US and opposing it is not going to expand our political constituency," a party source said today.

In 2003, the BJP, then in power, and other political parties had condemned the US invasion of Iraq.