Lifting the veil on mercy petitions

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee to reject the mercy petition filed by Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of 26/11 attacks, has once again brought to the fore the opaque manner in which such pleas are dealt with. And, since the MHA recommendation comes at a time when the electoral process in on in Gujarat, one may be forgiven for believing that the recommendation is connected to politics too — the Congress could cite Kasab to blunt the BJP charge of being soft on terror.

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