BJP leader Gopinath Munde lambasted former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil for his remarks on the death sentence of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, saying it was important to give effect to the Supreme Court verdict in the case.

He said Afzal Guru's case cannot be compared with other pending mercy petitions, referring to Patil's statement that it was unseemly to single him out and make haste in hanging him when some 35 files were still pending.