TN parties welcome HC order,Assembly resolution

Admitting a petition by the three,the high court stayed for eight weeks their execution fixed for September 9.

CPI state Secretary D Pandian in a statement thanked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and members of the Assembly for passing the resolution requesting President Pratibha Patil to reconsider the clemency petitions of the three convicts,which she (the President) had recently rejected.

Principal opposition in the assembly DMDK welcomed the adoption of the “unanimous resolution”.

Taking a dig at DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s remarks yesterday that had Rajiv Gandhi been alive,“he would have saved the lives of the three persons”,Deputy leader of DMDK

Legislature Party Panruti S Ramachandran said in the assembly

“if Gandhi was alive,the case itself would not have arisen”.

MDMK leader Vaiko,who has been in the forefront of the campaign for commuting the death sentence of the three,said the entire Tamil community was “rejoicing” over the high court order and thanked Jayalalithaa for her initiative in the assembly.

“The innocent have been saved and justice established,” he said in a statement.

PMK also welcomed the state government’s move for passing the special resolution in the assembly.

“However,this is only the first step. The Chief Minister has to call for a cabinet meeting and pass the resolution and then meet the Governor and hand it over,” PMK founder S Ramadoss said in a statement.

“All MPs in both the Houses of Parliament should also raise their voice in support of this resolution,” he said.

Puthiya Thamizhagam President K Krishnasamy,while thanking Jayalalithaa in the assembly,compared her to Mother Teresa,saying she had “saved” the lives of the three Tamils.

Film director and founder leader of a pro-Eelam outfit Seeman told reporters that the court order was a “victory for democracy and justice” and thanked Jayalalithaa for moving the resolution.