Yakub Memon Hanged: Who Said What

The news of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon’s execution elicited a host of responses from political parties.

Yakub Memon’s execution has triggered a politcal debate between India’s national parties. 

BJP on Thursday hit out at Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Mani Shankar Iyer over their reactions to the hanging of Yakub Memon, saying their comments were “insult” to the people wanting to get rid of terrorism, and that any politics over is regrettable.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the hanging of 1993 blast convict Yakub Memon and said if Yakub was hanged, shouldn’t Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi be hanged too?