NDA
- BJP: No to clemency. Afzal must be hung.
- Shiv Sena: For death penalty
- SAD: Against death penalty
- JD(U): Ambivalent
- AIADMK: Non-committal
- TDP: Does not want to take a position
UPA
- Congress: Divided and undecided.
- NCP: Divided
- DMK: Opposed to hanging
- PDP: Against hanging
- CPI(M): Ambivalent. Kashmir unit against hanging. But politburo for law to take its course.
- CPI: Ambivalent
Others
- United Democratic Front: The new Muslim party in UP is ambivalent
- National Conference: For clemency. It feels Afzal did not get a fair trial.
- Samajwadi Party: Yet to take a stand
