Smriti Irani Vs. Arvind Kejriwal On Justice For Nirbhaya

When Smriti Irani accused the Aam Aadmi Party of delaying the execution of Nirbhaya convicts, Arvind Kejriwal said this in reply.

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00:00It is a shame on such a party.

00:04There should be no politics on this issue.

00:30I would like to inform all the citizens of the state.

00:58The Supreme Court rejected the review petition in July 2018.

01:06Why did the Prisons Department, which comes under your government, not wake up until Nirbhaya's mother started a nationwide riot?

01:31Why was Nirbhaya and her mother deprived of justice?

01:38Why did the lawyers of the AAP say that there will be a delay in hanging the rapist?

01:51Nirbhaya has been hanged for a few days.

01:57All the citizens of the state are saddened by this.

02:02We all want Nirbhaya to be hanged as soon as possible.

02:11I am also saddened that there is politics on such a sensitive issue.

02:21What is the reason that the juvenile who was accused of raping Nirbhaya,

02:34presented to the nation through the evidence that he was involved in this entire incident.

02:48You gave him Rs. 10,000 during his release and gave him a sewing kit.

03:03I heard Smriti Irani's statement today.

03:06She said that there was a delay because of the AAP.

03:11I would like to ask her.

03:13Will Nirbhaya's criminals be hanged by abusing the AAP in this way?

03:22They kept abusing the AAP, we will keep abusing the BJP.

03:27This is not going to change anything.

03:29At this time, the demand of time is that all of us together,

03:34the central government, the Delhi government,

03:36ensure that their criminals are hanged as soon as possible.

03:43Today, expressing my gratitude to the President,

03:48as a female activist,

03:52I can only say this to Nirbhaya's mother,

03:56that I pay my respects to your struggle.

04:00I would like to tell the AAP,

04:04that after the rejection of the July 2018 review petition,

04:09Nirbhaya's rapists were not hanged due to you.

04:18It is not only my opinion that such a party has a right,

04:25but it is the opinion of every just and loving Indian.

04:28Abusing each other in this way is not going to change anything.

04:34Secondly, all of us should work together

04:40to implement such a system in the future,

04:44to implement such a system in the country,

04:46to remove all the shortcomings in this system,

04:51to implement such a system in the future,

04:58that if someone does this to our sisters and daughters,

05:03they should be hanged within six months.