Death Penalty For Afzal: Party Positions

• 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