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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. (Photo/ANI) Tamil Nadu CM urges President to remit life sentences of seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 21:31 IST Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 20 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to accept the State Government's recommendation in September 2018 and pass orders to remit the life sentences of all the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In the letter, Stalin asked the President to direct their immediate...

Stalin grants 30 day leave for Rajiv Gandhi assassin Perarivalan ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views DMK leader M.K. Stalin. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Chennai, May 19 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday ordered grant of 30 days ordinary leave to A.G. Perarivalan, one of the jailed assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Stalin relaxed the norms to order the 30 days ordinary leave for convict number 7640 Perarivalan on medical grounds on an appeal made by his mother D. Arputhammal. Perarivalan, Nalini, V. Sriharan alias Murugan, Santhan, Jayakumar, Robert Pa...

Highlights He wrote a letter to CM MK Stalin in this regard Chennai: The release of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case convicts has once again come to the fore in Tamil Nadu shortly after regime change that brought the DMK to power. MDMK General Secretary Vaiko, whose party is in an alliance with the ruling DMK, has written to Chief Minister MK Stalin demanding the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who have been in jail for nearly three decades. “Despite not having committed the crime, Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan are languishing as death-row convicts. Simi...

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: TN Guv says President will decide pardon ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Thu, Feb 4 2021 22:12 IST | ​ 0 Views Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS/AICC). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 4 : The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has informed the Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu Governor has recorded that President is the competent authority to deal with pardon plea of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In a short affidavit, the MHA said: "The Governor of Tamil Nadu considered all the facts on record and a...

Tamil Nadu governor had received the recommendation in 2018. New Delhi: After more than two years, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has decided on whether the seven people convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi should be released early. The decision: It's President Ram Nath Kovind's decision. The order on the release of the seven convicts - a hugely sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu - is a setback for the state's ruling AIADMK party months ahead of elections in the state. The Supreme Court will take up the case again next week. "Governor or Tamil Nadu conside...