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Punjab CM Mann seeks governor’s help for Hawara parole to meet ailing mother
Punjab CM Mann seeks governor’s help for Hawara parole to meet ailing mother
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann met governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday, pressing for a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, a convict in the 1995 assassination of former CM Beant Singh.…
The Story in Brief
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann met governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday, pressing for a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, a convict in the 1995 assassination of former CM Beant Singh. Mann said Hawara's mother is elderly, semi-conscious, and suffering from age-related ailments, and expressed hope that Hawara would be able to sit beside her after 31 years.
Mann told reporters that the governor's recommendation is needed because the case is heard in Delhi and Kataria is also Chandigarh's administrator. He said the state government will take full responsibility for law and order, and that Hawara's supporters and family have offered cooperation. Hawara is lodged in Delhi's Mandoli jail. His death sentence for the bombing that killed 17 people was commuted to life in 2010.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative around this case quickly splits into camps: one sees a humanitarian gesture for an elderly mother, the other sees a state government cosying up to a convicted killer of a former chief minister. Neither side should get a free pass. Mann must show that his compassion does not undermine Punjab's hard-won peace. The test is whether the Union government grants parole and what conditions it attaches. If Hawara violates any terms, it will sink Mann's case completely.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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