Timing of the execution of the 26/11 terrorist has raised many a eyebrow. The terrorist, Ajmal Kasab was hanged on the eve of the winter session of Parliament, in which a united Opposition was preparing to put the UPA-II on the mat over price rise, corruption and FDI on retail. The government is worried over a possible vote on FDI and no trust by the Trinamool supremo, Mamata Banerjee. The Information and Broadcasting minister, Manish Tewari denied that the government had on purpose timed Kasab’s hanging on the eve of winter session of Parliament. However, following the execution of Kasab, the government would now come under pressure to move swiftly against Afzal Guru, a Jaish-e- Mohammed terrorist convicted of the December 21, 2001 attack on Parliament. He was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in 2004. The government is now expected to come under attack from the Opposition for not being able to act against its home-bred terrorist following “vote bank politics.” Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi has already set the tone by tweeting on Wednesday: “What about Afzal Guru, who attacked Parliament, our temple of democracy, in 2001? That offence predates Kasab’s heinous act by many years.”
