Under attack from BJP over the indecision on the Afzal Guru death sentence issue, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday suggested that her government was not delaying the matter and that it was in the process of ‘deciding’ the fate of the Parliament attack case convict.

"The government is not sitting on the file. We are just deciding on the fate of the convict," Dikshit told reporters when asked about the issue of Afzal, who has been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court.

Afzal has appealed to the President for commutation of his death sentence into life term and a decision in this regard is pending.

According to the rules, Delhi government has to give its opinion to the Home Ministry, whose view has been sought by the President before deciding on the matter.

"Only the decision has to be taken whether he should be hanged or given life imprisonment. We will not allow Afzal Guru to get out of jail," Dikshit said on the sidelines of release of party's manifesto at a function.

The opposition BJP has been attacking the Congress government for delaying a decision on Afzal, saying it clearly demonstrated that it was ‘soft’ on terror.

"To appease a certain community, the Congress government is sitting on the file for the last two years after the former President A P J Abdul Kalam had forwarded it to the state government for its comment," Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan had alleged.

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