Omar Abdullah Says Afzal Guru's Execution Served "No Purpose", BJP Responds

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that the execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, did not serve any purpose.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's recent statement that the execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, did not serve any purpose has drawn a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 

"What does Omar Abdullah want to solve? If anti-national elements who hatched a conspiracy against India are given the death penalty, why do they object to this? They want to create a situation by taking support from terrorists. They are taking support from terrorists. That is why he is speaking such language," BJP's Kavinder Gupta, the former Deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said.

Earlier, regarding the execution of Afzal Guru, Mr Abdullah clarified that the Jammu and Kashmir government had no involvement in the process. He stated that if state approval had been required, it would not have been granted.