MP Cong calls for treason case towards Pragya Thakur for ‘weapon’ comment; BJP defends her

By PTI

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Congress has demanded {that a} case of treason be registered towards Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur for her “keep weapon at home” comment, whereas her get together defended the assertion saying it was for ladies’s self-defence.

Thakur, whereas addressing a programme in Shivamogga (Karnataka) on Sunday, stated Hindus have the best to answer those that assault them and their dignity, as she spoke concerning the killing of Hindu activists.

The parliamentarian from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh had additionally referred to as on the group to at the least hold the knives of their properties sharp, as everybody has the best to guard themselves.

Madhya Pradesh Congress media division’s chairman KK Mishra informed PTI that the Centre ought to now take motion by registering a case for treason as Thakur “incited people for violence”.

“She is now talking about a knife after holding a bomb in her hands. The acts of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and Thakur are alike,” he claimed.

Thakur is an accused within the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Six individuals have been killed and greater than 100 injured when an explosive machine strapped to a motorbike went off close to a mosque in Malegaon, a communally delicate city in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008.

When contacted concerning the parliamentarian’s comment, state BJP spokesman Pankaj Chaturvedi informed PTI that Thakur had gone to fulfill the household of a woman who was brutally murdered.

“We see that our daughters and sisters are facing inhuman behaviour and are being cut into pieces for the sake of ‘love jihad’ at several places in the country. Thakur’s statement is not related to any religion but related to the mental strength of all sisters and daughters for self-defence,” he stated.

“Love jihad” is a time period usually utilized by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim males to lure Hindu ladies into non secular conversion by means of marriage Speaking on the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s South Region annual conference in Shivamogga, Thakur had stated, “Love jihad, they have a tradition of jihad, if nothing they do love jihad. Even if they love they do jihad in that. We (Hindus) too love, love the god, a sanyasi loves his god”.

“Sanyasi says in this world created by god, end all the oppressors and sinful, if not the true definition of love will not survive here. So answer those involved in Love Jihad the same way. Protect your girls, teach them the right values,” Thakur had stated.

Further, pointing on the killing of Hindus activists together with Harsha of Shivamogga, she requested individuals to maintain knives at house sharp for the sake of self-protection.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Congress has demanded {that a} case of treason be registered towards Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur for her “keep weapon at home” comment, whereas her get together defended the assertion saying it was for ladies’s self-defence.

Thakur, whereas addressing a programme in Shivamogga (Karnataka) on Sunday, stated Hindus have the best to answer those that assault them and their dignity, as she spoke concerning the killing of Hindu activists.

The parliamentarian from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh had additionally referred to as on the group to at the least hold the knives of their properties sharp, as everybody has the best to guard themselves.

Madhya Pradesh Congress media division’s chairman KK Mishra informed PTI that the Centre ought to now take motion by registering a case for treason as Thakur “incited people for violence”.

“She is now talking about a knife after holding a bomb in her hands. The acts of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and Thakur are alike,” he claimed.

Thakur is an accused within the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Six individuals have been killed and greater than 100 injured when an explosive machine strapped to a motorbike went off close to a mosque in Malegaon, a communally delicate city in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008.

When contacted concerning the parliamentarian’s comment, state BJP spokesman Pankaj Chaturvedi informed PTI that Thakur had gone to fulfill the household of a woman who was brutally murdered.

“We see that our daughters and sisters are facing inhuman behaviour and are being cut into pieces for the sake of ‘love jihad’ at several places in the country. Thakur’s statement is not related to any religion but related to the mental strength of all sisters and daughters for self-defence,” he stated.

“Love jihad” is a time period usually utilized by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim males to lure Hindu ladies into non secular conversion by means of marriage Speaking on the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s South Region annual conference in Shivamogga, Thakur had stated, “Love jihad, they have a tradition of jihad, if nothing they do love jihad. Even if they love they do jihad in that. We (Hindus) too love, love the god, a sanyasi loves his god”.

“Sanyasi says in this world created by god, end all the oppressors and sinful, if not the true definition of love will not survive here. So answer those involved in Love Jihad the same way. Protect your girls, teach them the right values,” Thakur had stated.

Further, pointing on the killing of Hindus activists together with Harsha of Shivamogga, she requested individuals to maintain knives at house sharp for the sake of self-protection.