NEW DELHI: BJP welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict refusing to stay the execution of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, saying justice had finally been delivered to the victims of the terrorist attack.

The ruling party branded those who opposed the death sentence to Yakub as "mentally challenged" and said it was wrong for "some people to have politicized the whole issue or for giving it a communal colour".

"We welcome the SC judgment. Ultimately, justice has been delivered to all the victims of the 1993 Mumbai blasts. People of the country have faith in the judiciary and with this verdict, their faith has been strengthened further," BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.

He said terrorism was a threat to the entire world and there was need to unitedly fight the menace. "There should be no politics played on terrorism, which does not have any religion," he said.

Party national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said the apex court verdict had made it clear that the decision taken by the trial court in terms of awarding death sentence was correct.

"It brings finality to the entire legal process. It would not be proper to try and go behind the decision and attribute anything to the decision. This marks the closure with respect to Yakub Memon's trial and also a step in the direction of closure for all those who lost their family members or suffered on account of the horrific terror attack and bomb blasts in 1993 in Mumbai," Kohli said.

On questions that there was a deal between law enforcing agencies and Memon, as claimed by former intelligence official B Raman, Kohli said, "One must not ignore a critical fact, nowhere did Yakub Memon or his lawyers raise this issue during his entire trial. How could they not raise it?"

The ruling party termed the verdict as a "big day" for the victims of the Mumbai blasts and a victory of law, saying a sense of justice prevailed today.

"BJP has always maintained that law should take its own course. Today, with the verdict of the Supreme Court, in fact the law has taken its course. A sense of justice prevails for the victims of 1993 Mumbai blasts and it was wrong for some people to have politicized the whole issue or for giving it a communal colour," another spokesman Sambit Patra said.