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21 February 2014, New York Times

Politics Behind Move to Free Gandhi Assassination Plotters, Analysts Say

The New York Times quoted Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House in a report on the decision to release the seven men convicted for the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

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MUMBAI — The decision by J. Jayalalithaa, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, to release seven men who plotted the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the former prime minister, has set up a showdown between the southern state and New Delhi. On Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the Tamil Nadu government’s move, which he called “not legally tenable,” and the Supreme Court blocked the release of the men, who are ethnic Tamils, until a March 6 hearing, according to the Press Trust of India.

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