Balwant Singh Rajoana , convicted and scheduled to be hanged on March 31 for the assasination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh , said on Tuesday that he doesn't want clemency.

In a letter to the Akal Takht , Rajoana said he "can't compromise on principles". 

A trial court in Chandigarh, meanwhile, is expected to decide on Rajoana's execution on Tuesday.
 
L.S. Jakhar, superintendent of Patiala jail, where Rajoana is lodged and is scheduled to be hanged March 31, had on Monday approached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Chandigarh seeking deferment of the death warrant.
 
The Patiala jail superintendent had earlier returned the warrant saying that the legal circumstances of the Beant Singh assassination case were such that Rajoana could not be hanged till the Supreme Court decided all related issues.
 
The 'clemency for Rajoana' demand is gaining strength in the state with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal saying on Monday that the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Rajoana could not be carried out on March 31 in the present circumstances as there is a possibility of his getting relief in the assassination case.
 
In a statement, Badal said it was "necessary to await the outcome of the matter in the Supreme Court before executing the death warrant of Rajoana".
 
Citing the petition moved by the Patiala jail superintendent before the court, the Punjab chief minister said: "In view of the old cases and rules it is amply clear that Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana could also get the same relief to be given to other accused in this case, whether he (Rajoana) has not filled any appeal."
 
"In view of these circumstances, it is clear that Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana cannot be hanged," Badal stated.
 
He pointed out that if Rajoana is hanged now and the court gives relief later, no one would be able to give life back to him then.
 
Badal said that he would soon meet the President and prime minister to seek clemency for Rajoana. He said the Punjab government did not want the hard earned peace and communal harmony in the state to be disturbed by Rajoana's hanging.
 
Earlier, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) filed a clemency petition with President Pratibha Patil for Rajoana.
 
Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal had on Sunday evening said it was willing "to go to any extent" to save Rajoana and asked the state government and the SGPC "to take all possible legal and other steps" to secure clemency for him.
 
A court in Chandigarh had issued the death warrant for March 31 and asked the jail authorities to execute Rajoana who had refused to defend himself in any court.
 
The Akal Takht had last week asked the Punjab government and the SGPC to initiate steps to save Rajoana from the gallows.
 
Beant Singh, a former Punjab chief minister (1992-95), who was largely credited with wiping out terrorism from Punjab, was assassinated by a human bomb, Dilawar Singh, at the high security Punjab civil secretariat on August 31, 1995.
 
While Jagtar Singh Hawara was the mastermind of the assassination, Rajoana was the second human bomb to be used in case the first assassin failed. Rajoana, during the entire 11-year trial, had maintained that he alone was responsible for the killing of Beant Singh.