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Shiv Sena says pardoning Sanjay Dutt will set wrong example


MUMBAI: Refusing to join the 'clemency for Sanjay Dutt' chorus, Shiv Sena opposed the move to pardon the Bollywood star and stressed that he must serve his entire sentence.

"There is no need for a rethink on the Supreme Court judgment. If Dutt is given a pardon, it will send a wrong message to society," said Shiv Sena legislator Neelan Gorhe, while speaking on a debate in the legislative council on the law and order situation in Maharashtra.

She said leaders from various political parties have demanded that Dutt be pardoned.

"However, if leniency is shown to Dutt, it would be tantamount to providing a political cover to convicts," Gorhe argued.

Her assertions came in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict March 19 which upheld Dutt's conviction for illegal possession of prohibited weapons like an AK-56 assault rifle and a revolver and sentenced him to five years in jail.

It is a known fact Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray came out in support of Sanjay Dutt, declaring publicly he did not believe that any member of the Dutt family could be anti-national.

Sanjay's father Sunil Dutt had to turn to Bal Thackeray for help after the actor was sent to jail under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.

Interestingly, the Dutts have been very close to the Thackeray family. The late actor-turned -politician Sunil Dutt and late Sena supremo Bal Thackeray enjoyed a strong personal rapport despite differing political backgrounds.

In 2007, the actor was cleared of conspiracy charges in the Mumbai serial blasts but was found guilty of illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle and a pistol and sentenced to six years.

During his trial he claimed the weapons were to protect him and his family during a period of rioting in Mumbai.

Dutt was the most high-profile of 100 people involved in the Mumbai bombings trial which ended with 12 people receiving the death penalty and 20 others given life sentences.

Dutt also had political ambitions.

But in 2009, the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction so that he could contest the national elections on a ticket for the Samajwadi Party.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I am agreeing with Shiv sena for once.
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Yeah Completely agree !! you tell that to Mr. Kaju barfi / and Mrs. Angry old woman 😡
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LMFAO. Wasn't it Shiv Sena that provided him cover for so many years? How long will it take for Shiv Sena and its goons to go to jail for bigotry, terror, and inciting violence?
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Originally posted by: Nishita123

Yeah Completely agree !! you tell that to Mr. Kaju barfi / and Mrs. Angry old woman 😡


I call him Kaju Katli.😆
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I call him Kaju Katli.😆


lolz...Kaju tere hazaaro naam 😆
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but Raj Thackerey is Supporting him

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LOL who would have thought Shiv Sena would say something sane for once? 😆 Even Anna Hazare is against this.

Congress distances itself from Digvijaya Singh's remarks supporting Sanjay Dutt

Press Trust of India | Updated: March 25, 2013 21:34 IST

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Congress distances itself from Digvijaya Singh's remarks supporting Sanjay Dutt

Congress today virtually distanced from party leader Digvijaya Singh's remarks in support of actor Sanjay Dutt, sentenced under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blast case, saying "the party does not comment on such matters".

"There is the rule of law. Nobody is big or small in the eyes of law. Anybody can submit his petition to the Governor or the President and they decide on that. The party does not comment on such issues," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters in Delhi.

Mr Singh had said on Sunday that "Sanjay Dutt is not a criminal, he is not a terrorist. Sanjay Dutt, at a young age, in the atmosphere of that time, thought that perhaps the way Sunil Dutt had been raising his voice against communalism and favoured the minorities, then perhaps he could be attacked,"

"So, as an obvious reaction of a kid to do something, if he has committed a mistake then I feel that he has undergone the punishment for it," he said.

Mr Singh's remarks come in the wake of support for Sanjay Dutt from a number of politicians and film personalities who want the actor to be pardoned.

BJP has opposed the demand for relief to Mr Dutt, saying law should be the same for everyone.

Press Council of India Chairman Markandeya Katju had also demanded pardon for Mr Dutt.



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Originally posted by: .DejaVu


I call him Kaju Katli.😆


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