Mumbai: The clamour over pardoning Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case is growing each day. While Bollywood is unanimous in asking for a pardon, support is building for the actor in political circles too.
Politicians and long time friends Amar Singh and Jaya Prada will meet the Maharashtra Governor to seek pardon. This even as 'pardon Dutt' hoardings have been put up in various parts of Mumbai. Other big politicians backing the actor are Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and now Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
"I feel that he has already suffered a lot for the blunder he committed earlier. From being a complete wreck, he has
again picked up his career to unfold his potential," Mamata said.
On Saturday, Chairman of Press Council of India Justice Markandey Katju said Dutt should be pardoned and that he will meet the Maharashtra Chief Minister on the issue. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Katju said, "I am not questioning the Supreme Court verdict. I have sent an appeal to the Governor requesting him to pardon Sanjay Dutt and I have said this on humanitarian reasons."
The apex court found the actor guilty of acquiring illegal weapons from those blamed for the bombings in Mumbai that killed 257 people and was given four weeks to surrender. But the Shiv Sena has maintained that it is against a pardon as it will send out a wrong message.
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