Why does Afzal live?: Uma to PM

Bhopal, Sep 22 (UNI) Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) founder-president and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti today sought to know from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as to why Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru had not been executed yet.

''Afzal should be hanged soon and his execution should be videographed and telecast worldwide like the hanging of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,'' she demanded here while addressing a mammoth gathering at the historic Lal Parade Ground to mark the conclusion of a 'Suraaj Sankalp' (Resolve for Good Governance) Rally.

The rally, being viewed as the BJS show of strength in the run-up to Assembly polls scheduled this year, was attended by workers of every block in the state's 230 assembly constituencies.

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