Vijay Government Under Fire Over Parole For 5 Coimbatore Blasts Convicts
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay faces mounting political criticism after his government granted 60 days' parole to five men serving life sentences in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, which killed 58 people and injured more than 200. The BJP has accused the TVK government of being soft on convicted terrorists and demanded a review of the decision. What are the grounds for granting parole? What about the concerns of victims' families? BJP leader Narayan Thirupathy, Jagaeeswaran and Sumanth Raman join the debate on the political fallout, the legal questions surrounding the decision and the concerns it has raised.
