The Prime Minister said, the Tamil Nadu government's decision was not legally tenable.
The Prime Minister said: "No government or party should be soft in our fight against terrorism. "The release of the killers of a former Prime Minister of India, our great leader, and other innocent Indians, would be contrary to all principles of justice."Tamil Nadu government's roposed course of action to release the killers of Shri Rajiv
Gandhi is not legally tenable and should not be proceeded with.
"The government is moving a review petition in the Supreme Court on fundamental issues of law arising from the assassination of the late Shri Rajiv Gandhi.", the Prime Minister said.
The Centre's petition seeks a stay on Tamil Nadu government's decision to release all seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran pleaded for a stay saying the state government should not be allowed to release the prisoners till the apex court decided its review petition challenging commutation of death sentence of three condemned prisoners to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding mercy petitions.
