India News: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday announced that the government would examine the demand for clemency to 1993 blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar.

Mr. Shinde told journalists here that the Centre would look into the plea of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Mr. Badal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, seeking clemency to Bhullar, whose plea for commutation of his death sentence was dismissed by the Supreme Court last week. Mr. Badal warned that Bhullar's execution was an emotive issue and it could create law and order problems in Punjab and other places.