Who becomes a terrorist or a freedom warrior is determined by time and power. Still, history will view us as innocent even if we are to blame for being terrorists, he was reported as saying.In August, Nalini and Ravichandran petitioned the Supreme Court for early release. Since December 2021, both of them have been on parole. Their action followed the apex court’s May 18 decision to give bail to AG Perarivalan, another assassination case defendant. The Supreme Court released the remaining six defendants in the case, including Nalini and Ravichandran, at the time it invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to free Perarivalan for reasons of bad health and good behavior. Its decision mirrored the justification given.All Santhan, Ravichandran, Robert Payas, Perarivalan, Nalini, Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan, and S. Jayakumar were all detained in 1991. Four are Sri Lankan nationals, including Sriharan, Nalini’s spouse.Nalini, the longest-serving female prisoner in the nation, thanked the people of Tamil Nadu on Saturday for their support over the course of 32 years. She remarked, I thank the state and Union governments.Nalini added that there is no prospect of meeting anyone from the Gandhi family and reiterated that she had no plans to do so. I wish to spend time with my family. I will follow my hubby wherever he goes. For 32 years, we were apart. Our relatives waited for us for a while, she remarked. The grand old party further said that because the prisoners were just freed from jail and not found not guilty, they should not be regarded as heroes.
