Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, a regarded businessman and philanthropist from Zambia, was recently interviewed with the Mast Newspaper. This interview was regarding his opinion at the current declaration made by the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema. On the eve of ‘Africa Day’ the Zambian President made declaration that he is making plans to abolish death penalty. This declaration from the President has received giant support from throughout Zambia as well as throughout African countries and the world over. Among them, certainly one of the most important supporters has been Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani. Apart from his businesses, Dr. Rajan Mahtani is likewise regarded for his numerous philanthropic and charitable contributions. One of them is Prison Fellowship Zambia (PFZ) which was established more than 37 years ago. It is an extraordinary Christian Outreach Program that works by using bringing the lessons and learnings from Jesus Christ to the inmates, ex-inmates as well as their households in Zambia. The company also works in the direction of bringing powerful and honest justice methods for the prisoners as well as make certain that they’re given the fundamental human dignity and human rights.
The decision made by the Zambian President, despite being ambitious, is truly the proper path towards reaching equality within the state. While preceding Presidents of Zambia certainly attempted to stay far from capital punishment, none of these Presidents without a doubt worked closer to bringing down this inhumane and merciless exercise. As such, this bold but proper selection from the Zambian President became heartfully supported by way of Dr. Rajan Mahtani in addition to his company Prison Fellowship. However, the process of converting a long-status reform is not easy and will need extensive adjustments in guidelines and reforms. Dr. Mahtani additionally pledged his complete support towards reworking this dream into a realty.