BJP has today demanded the hanging date of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. On this day in 2001, some terrorists, including Afzal Guru, had attacked the Parliament of India with deadly weapons.

About seven security personnel were killed in the incident while saving the elected representatives of the country. Along with Afzal Guru, two more terrorists were awarded the death sentence by the special court. However, the clemency petition is now with the union home ministry.

The BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has said that hanging Afzal Guru will be a real tribute to those who had laid down their lives in the attack. She talked to reporters after paying homage to the nine martys of the attack in the capital. Swaraj questioned why the government had been hesitating to hang Guru, who was awarded the death sentence thrice by the apex court in India.

However, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N.Singh has said that the issue should not be politicized and the courts were dealing the matter. However, the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee Digvijay Singh has announced recently that they are infavour of hanging Guru.