Chennai: PMK founder S Ramadoss on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and sought his intervention for securing the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Ramadoss, accompanied by his son and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani, had a 20-minute meeting with the Prime Minister in the national capital which was "cordial and constructive," a party release said.
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in May 1991 during a poll rally at nearby Sriperumbudur after a suicide bomber of the banned LTTE blew herself up.
In his letter submitted to Modi, the PMK chief said the Supreme Court had last year allowed the Tamil Nadu government to decide on releasing the seven convicts-- Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Robert Payas, Ravichandran, Jayakumar, and Nalini.
Subsequently, the state government had adopted a cabinet resolution on September 9, 2018, recommending to Governor Banwarilal Purohit for their release but his office was "procrastinating" on this matter, Ramadoss said.
"Tamils all over the world expected that the Governor would take a decision shortly. But even after one year and one month after receiving the letter, the office of the Governor of Tamil Nadu has not taken any decision and is procrastinating on this matter. This has disappointed and distressed millions of Tamils all over the world," he said.
