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Death Penalty Is Medieval And Wrong: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Opposition vice presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi today justified his efforts to save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows, saying capital punishment was medieval and wrong.
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'Gopalkrishna Gandhi Opposed Yakub Memon Hanging': Sena Attacks Congress Choice For Vice President
Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned opposition parties for fielding Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the vice-presidential election, saying the latter had been opposed to the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon.
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Rohith Vemula Had Organised Meeting For Yakub Memon: Minister VK Singh
Union Minister VK Singh today targeted JNU Student's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar for calling Rohith Vemula his inspiration, alleging that the Dalit scholar had organised a meeting in support of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
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Yakub Kept Repeating He Was Hanging For His Brother's Sins: Lawyer
Even until the eve of his 53rd birthday, which was also the day he was supposed to die, Yakub Memon was hopeful that his hanging would be stayed by the President of India.
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Arun Jaitley Criticises Shatrughan Sinha for Signing Yakub Memon Mercy Plea
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.
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On Digvijaya's Controversial Yakub Tweet, a BJP Challenge to the Gandhis
The BJP has challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul Gandhi to officially condemn comments made by their party leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter today, saying a failure to do so will mean that he has spoken on their behalf.
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No Qualms About Yakub Memon Hanging, Says Attorney General to NDTV
Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".
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President Should Not Allow Yakub Memon's Execution: Left
Senior CPIM leader Prakash Karat today said President Pranab Mukherjee should exercise his "discretionary power" to stop the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai which killed 257 people.
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Maharashtra Governor Rejects Yakub Memon's Mercy Plea
Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Yakub Memon Will be Woken at 3 am, Say Nagpur Jail Sources
Yakub Memon, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.
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Death Penalty Is Medieval And Wrong: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Opposition vice presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi today justified his efforts to save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows, saying capital punishment was medieval and wrong.
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'Gopalkrishna Gandhi Opposed Yakub Memon Hanging': Sena Attacks Congress Choice For Vice President
Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned opposition parties for fielding Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the vice-presidential election, saying the latter had been opposed to the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon.
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Rohith Vemula Had Organised Meeting For Yakub Memon: Minister VK Singh
Union Minister VK Singh today targeted JNU Student's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar for calling Rohith Vemula his inspiration, alleging that the Dalit scholar had organised a meeting in support of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
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Yakub Kept Repeating He Was Hanging For His Brother's Sins: Lawyer
Even until the eve of his 53rd birthday, which was also the day he was supposed to die, Yakub Memon was hopeful that his hanging would be stayed by the President of India.
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Arun Jaitley Criticises Shatrughan Sinha for Signing Yakub Memon Mercy Plea
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.
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On Digvijaya's Controversial Yakub Tweet, a BJP Challenge to the Gandhis
The BJP has challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul Gandhi to officially condemn comments made by their party leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter today, saying a failure to do so will mean that he has spoken on their behalf.
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No Qualms About Yakub Memon Hanging, Says Attorney General to NDTV
Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".
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President Should Not Allow Yakub Memon's Execution: Left
Senior CPIM leader Prakash Karat today said President Pranab Mukherjee should exercise his "discretionary power" to stop the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai which killed 257 people.
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Maharashtra Governor Rejects Yakub Memon's Mercy Plea
Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Yakub Memon Will be Woken at 3 am, Say Nagpur Jail Sources
Yakub Memon, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.
