India, Oct. 20 -- The Tamil Nadu BJP on Monday criticised the TVK-led government under Chief Minister Vijay for granting 60 days of parole to five convicts in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, demanding that the orders be revoked immediately.

The BJP described the decision as "selective softness towards convicted terrorists", arguing that the grounds cited for granting parole were inadequate given the scale and severity of the attacks, which killed 58 people and injured more than 250 others.

They were convicted for their roles in the serial blasts linked to the banned Al-Umma organisation.

BJP says parole insults blast victims

Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson Narayan Thirupathy condemned the decision in a post on X, arguing that pers...