'Don't do politics,' responds Arvind Kejriwal after Smriti Irani blames AAP govt for 'delay' in hanging 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the BJP on Friday not to indulge in politics over the 2012 gangrape case and instead work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest.

|Jan 17, 2020, 20:13:22 IST

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the BJP on Friday not to indulge in politics over the 2012 gangrape case and instead work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest.Reacting to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani blaming the AAP government for the "delay" in hanging of the four convicts, Kejriwal said that he feels "sad that politics is being done on such an issue"."I feel sad that politics is being done on such an issue. Shouldn't we be working together to ensure that the guilty are hanged soonest?"Shouldn't we join hands to ensure a system so that such beasts get hanged within six months? Please don't do politics on this. Lets together create a safe city for our women," Kejriwal said in a tweet.Addressing a press conference, Irani said, "Why was the prisons department, which comes under AAP government, sleeping after the dismissal of review petition in July 2018? Why did the government give Rs 10,000 and a sewing kit to the juvenile rapist when he was released?"

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