Yakub Memon given every chance: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: Yakub Memon, the Mumbai blasts convict who was hanged on Thursday, got every opportunity to express his point of view in different forums, home minister Rajnath Singh said and asked people to be united on issues like terrorism.

“We must take terrorism as a challenge and should not project ourselves as divided so that we can succeed in defeating it,” he told reporters here. Mr Singh said it was for the first time in world’s history that the highest court of the country heard someone’s plea for mercy at such an hour in the morning.

“I think no other system can be as transparent as ours. A person who wants justice should be given chance in all forums and Yakub got the opportunity to keep his view point on all forums,” he said.