'Don't believe in death penalty': Shashi Tharoor reacts to Sheikh Hasina verdict

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In a statement, India reacted to Sheikh Hasina's death sentence verdict and said that New Delhi is "committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in that country.
41% : Speaking to ANI, the Congress MP said, "I've said both domestically and abroad, I don't believe in the death penalty, so I find that particularly dismaying." Notably, Hasina had fled to India last year and has since been staying in New Delhi in a secret safe house.
40% : Tharoor said, "A trial in absentia where somebody doesn't get a chance to defend themselves, explain themselves, and then you declare a death penalty, it seems to me, it's not appropriate for me to comment on the internal matters of another country's judiciary, but I must say, I cannot say that I find it a very, shall we say, positive development; it's a very troubling development.
38% : Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reacted to former prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina's death sentence verdict by a tribunal court on Monday, saying that he does not believe in the death penalty, whether domestic or abroad.

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