Senior advocate Indira Jaising on Friday urged the mother of Nirbhaya case victim to forgive the convicts in the 2012 gang rape case.
Taking to twitter Indira Jaising said: "While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn’t want the death penalty for her. We are with you but against the death penalty."
The senior lawyer made her request after the victim's mother Asha Devi expressed her disappointment when a Delhi court postponed the date of the execution of the four convicts.
However, the victim's mother responded to the Jaising's comment and said' "Who is Indira Jaising to give me such a suggestion? the whole country wants convicts to be hanged."
"Just for people like her (Indira) justice is not served to rape victims," she added.
The senior advocate’s remark on the issue did not go well among the netizens and drew flak online
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Here are some of the tweets:
With Ford Foundation Funding of $12,40,000 Indira Jaisingh preaches Asha Devi to forgive Nirbhaya’s culprits as Sonia Gandhi did to Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins
— Geetika Swami (@SwamiGeetika) January 18, 2020
While Defending human rights of ‘criminals’,why congress not been able to forgive Godse?#IndiraJaisingh #IndiraJaising pic.twitter.com/B3FPzxhWoD
All page 3 journalists who keep going gaga over Taimur's poop need to hear this-
— Manisha Kadyan (@Miss_Kadyan) January 18, 2020
"This is what you call a befitting reply; not what Swara, Sonam and Taapsi keep uttering every now and then from their gutter-mouth"
Supreme Court had to start hearing at 3.16 AM on 30th July, 2015, barely four hours before terrorist Yakub's execution.
— Arun (@arundpp) January 18, 2020
Terrorsit represented by lawyers like Anand Grover(Husband of Indira), Indira Jaisingh & Prashant Bhushan.
These lawyers work for India or across the border?
Tell indira jaising
— kisne banaya ye mujassima (@annafox_uk) January 18, 2020
When this will happen to her daughter
She can forgive
Don't give gyaan to nirbhayas mom