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Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case
The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...
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Clemency politics acquires fever pitch
For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.
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Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case
The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...
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Clemency politics acquires fever pitch
For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.
