New Delhi\/Patna\/Bhopal, Feb. 9 (ANI): Cutting across party lines, leaders of various political outfits on Saturday welcomed the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
\nDelhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the law has taken its course. \u201cI don\u2019t want to comment anything further on the issue,\u201d she added, while talking to media in the national capital.
\nMeanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said justice has been delivered at last.
\nKumar, however, questioned the delay in Afzal Guru\u2019s execution.
\n\u201cThis matter was pending for many days after the Supreme Court awarded punishment to him for the heinous crime. Justice has been delivered at last. People of the entire country have this feeling that it should have taken place earlier,\u201d he told reporters in Patna.
\nMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan also echoed similar sentiments as his Bihar counterpart, and said that decision to hang Guru is a very good step.
\n\u201cThe entire country is delighted and relieved following Afzal\u2019s execution. But one question always strikes in the mind as to why there has been so much delay in hanging Afzal Guru,\u201d he added, while talking to media in Bhopal.
\nFormer Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati lauded the Centre for taking a firm decision to hang Guru.
\n\u201cMy party welcomes this decision of the government. My party would like to tell the Central Government that it should aside all political interests and take firm and suitable legal action against the terrorists irrespective of his caste and religion in the national interest so that there is an end to terrorism. I fully expect that the Central Government will lay importance on these issues in the days to come,\u201d she added.
\nUnion Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today confirmed that Guru was hanged at 8 a.m. at the Tihar Jail. Guru was buried inside the prison complex soon after his execution.<\/p>\n\n