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203 Indians from Congress, AAP, and Communist parties signed a mercy petition for Kasab?
Re-checked 2 Nov 2026: first published as No proof yet, now False.
The breakdown of mercy petition signatories by political party is fabricated, and the petition opposed capital punishment rather than supporting Kasab. In October 2012, 203 Indian citizens—primarily lawyers, academics, journalists, and writers—signed a petition seeking to commute Ajmal Kasab's death sentence to life imprisonment based on opposition to capital punishment. NewsBharati reports that the petition did not defend Kasab's crimes or seek his acquittal, and no record exists of any party-wise breakdown of its signatories.
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- Checked 2 Nov 2026
- Main source: Vrinda Grover Among 203 Signatories of Mercy Petition Seeking Commutation of Ajmal Kasab’s Death Sen - NewsBharati
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- The mercy petition was initiated by advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry on principled legal grounds opposing capital punishment, not as an endorsement or defense of Kasab or his terrorist acts.
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It wants you to think: “So these political parties and groups supported a terrorist.”
Signing a general petition against capital punishment as a constitutional principle does not constitute support for a terrorist or their acts.
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