Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the DMK are behaving as though Perarivalan and the six others convicted in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were innocent persons and had achieved something, Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai charged on Thursday.
Mr. Annamalai wondered whether Mr. Stalin, who had taken oath under the Constitution, would be able to protect the people of the State, as he had gone to the airport “to receive Perarivalan” [Mr Stalin was travelling to Coimbatore] and none of the statements by the DMK had even used the term ‘convicts’ to refer to the seven persons.
“Nowhere in the Supreme Court judgment has it been mentioned that these people are innocent. The BJP accepts the judgment [on Perarivalan’s release] but these seven are murderers,” he said. “They are not someone who have to be celebrated like the DMK is doing,” he added. Pointing out that the Supreme Court had mentioned that it was using its extraordinary powers in this case, he said 15 others, including eight police personnel, had lost their lives during the assassination and asked whether justice was being served to them.
