http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Patiala/Hanging-Guru-a-way-to-consolidate-Hindu-vote-bank/SP-Article1-1009553.aspx
Highly critical of the Union government for sending Afzal Guru to
gallows, the Dal Khalsa on Sunday expressed the apprehension that after
the hanging of Afzal, Balwant singh Rajoana could be the next to be
executed.
Rajoana has been awarded capital punishment in the then chief
minister Beant Singh’s assassination case and his mercy appeal is still pending.
The hardliner organisation said Afzal Guru’s hanging “shows a very disturbing trend by the Indian government".
As per Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh opposing the capital
punishment in principle for being inhuman, said "the hanging of Afzal
Guru, is a purely political decision taken by the Indian government to
consolidate the Hindu vote-bank, keeping an eye on the impending 2014
elections".
He said there was strong apprehension that this act of the state
would pave the way for sending death row convict Rajoana to the gallows
as the latter stood firmly in favour of Khalistan and rejects Indian
justice system.
He wondered on what basis India has been advocating clemency for
Sarabjit Singh, a death row convict in Pakistan while at home the Union
government has ordered two executions within a short span of time.
