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JK assembly speaker rejects Afzal Guru resolution
Tuesday March 19, 2013 10:48:57 AM,
IANS
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Jammu:
Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker Mubarak Gul has rejected a
resolution, seeking return of the mortal remains of parliament
attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, a legislator said
Tuesday.
The resolution was moved by independent member Abdul Rashid
Engineer, seeking the return of the body of Guru to his familiy.
Guru was hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail Feb 9 and buried in the jail
premises.
Afzal Guru was sentenced to death by Delhi High Court in 2004 and
the Supreme Court had upheld the sentence. He was executed after
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition.
Engineer Rashid told IANS that he was informed about the rejection
of the resolution through a letter by Speaker Mubarak Gul.
"The letter read that he is disallowing my resolution. This was
quite late in the night," said Rashid Engineer.
"No specific reasons were cited. It stated that is being
disallowed under section 179 of the rules of conduct of the
assembly," he said.
"This is unfortunate that the state government is behaving like
puppet of New Delhi. Heavens would not have fallen had this
resolution been put through to a democratic process of choosing
the resolution through ballot system March 30," he said.
In case of a large number of resolutions, the state legislative
assembly has a provision of picking up resolution through ballot
system.
It may be recalled that the main opposition Peoples Democratic
Party had announced the boycott of the ongoing budget session
because its plea to discuss Afzal Guru and return of his mortal
remains to the family was not entertained.
Engineer Rashid said that he would again raise the issue in the
assembly Tuesday and would face any consequences for that.
Ever since Afzal Guru was hanged and buried in Tihar jail, Jammu
and Kashmir's leaders, especially from the valley have been
pleading for the return of the body of Afzal Guru to his family.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and patron of PDP Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed had written letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging
him to intervene and get the mortal remains returned to Guru's
family.
Engineer Rashid alleged that the ministry of home affairs in New
Delhi was directing all the moves on the issue and it was because
of it, his resolution has been disallowed.
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