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#CoimbatoreWillNotForgive Trends As AIADMK Calls For Release Of 1998 Terror Attack Convicts

October 11, 2023
The Commune

On 10 October 2023, AIADMK, under the leadership of Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), introduced a calling attention motion over the issue of releasing Muslim prisoners including those who have been convicted for the 1998 Coimbatore Bomb Blasts.

The motion called for releasing over 36 Muslim prisoners including the 16 convicts sentenced to life in the 1998 Coimbatore Blasts case on humanitarian grounds considering their long sentences served, old age and health.

The memories of the Coimbatore serial blasts of 1998 are still fresh in people’s minds. On February 14, 1998, a series of powerful bomb explosions rocked Coimbatore, resulting in a tragic loss of life and extensive injuries. The attack targeted a public rally organised by the BJP during the campaign stage of the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. These blasts comprised 12 high-intensity explosions that killed 58 people and injured over 250 individuals.

Many on social media took to share their experiences of the horrific tragedy that was inflicted by Al Ummah terrorists.

BJP Tamil Nadu State Secretary Dr. SG Suryah mentioned that his grandfather was one of the person who got killed in the bomb blast.

BJP Tamil Nadu State Treasurer SR Sekar too voiced out his opposition in raising the issue of releasing 1998 Coimbatore Terror Attack convicts saying that he too was a victim of the incident.

Coimbatore South BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan mentioned that she and her party MLAs tried brought in a resolution to record the voice of the Hindu victims of the Coimbatore blasts in the Legislative Assembly, they were not allowed to speak fully and hence walked out in protest.

Many on social media have shared snippets about the dreadful day, the wounds of which linger to this day.

In an interview to Behindwoods, one of the police in-charge of security narrates how a man wearing BJP paraphernalia had bombs with him.

“An unexploded car bomb forced us to flee our own home. All the people in the ~10 streets surrounding the car bomb were evacuated. My father left the new house he had worked so hard to build, crying. We experience the pain of the Sri Lankan Tamils and Kashmir Pandits who were forced to flee their homes. Forgetting all this and begging for votes now, Coimbatore will never forgive Edappadi, EDMK, ADMK”, wrote another.

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