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Mann seeks parole for Beant Singh killer; BJP backs plea
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday wrote to governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, serving life term for the 1995 assassination of former chief minister Beant…
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Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday wrote to governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, serving life term for the 1995 assassination of former chief minister Beant Singh, to meet his ailing 81-year-old mother. Mann cited humanitarian grounds and the family’s circumstances, urging action on the request given its sensitive nature.
The move follows a Punjab and Haryana high court order last month directing the Chandigarh administration to decide Hawara’s parole plea within four weeks. On Sunday, BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh Khiala backed the appeal, saying parole is a limited, temporary arrangement and humanitarian aspects should be considered if legal requirements are met. Hawara, at Delhi's Mandoli jail, had sought four weeks' parole.
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This parole plea is being painted as a test of faith versus law, with Mann called anti-Guru and the BJP accused of flip-flopping. But the facts are narrow: a convict seeking temporary leave for a dying mother, under judicial direction. Parole is not remission, and Khiala's caveat on security conditions is the real safeguard. The test is whether the governor decides on rules, not on who lobbied hardest, and whether both parties resist scoring political points from an elderly woman's illness.
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