Pragya Thakur Comments

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, days after the two traded allegations of hate speech and divisive comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP.

BJP's Lok Sabha MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur accused the media of "distorting" her comments after she was denied renomination from the seat for the upcoming elections and refused to entertain any questions from journalists on the issue.

Bhartiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Friday came out in support of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma saying "if telling the truth is rebellion, then I am also a rebel".

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday termed as "unfortunate" the alleged remarks made by BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Nathuram Godse.

Amit Shah said "no one needs to fear" criticising the Narendra Modi government. The Home Minister's comment came at a private event in Mumbai when industrialist Rahul Bajaj told him people feared criticising the government for fear of reprisals

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government and Bharatiya Janata Party strongly condemns remarks of BJP Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur on Nathuram Godse.

A Congress leader in Indore on Friday lodged a complaint of sedition against BJP MP Pragya Thakur over her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, which has sparked a controversy.

Many members of the ruling BJP "silently" support its MP Pragya Thakur over her remark in which she called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi claimed on Friday, a day after her party censured her for the comment that has kicked up a massive controversy.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur apologised twice in parliament today amid a massive controversy over her comments seen to be disrespectful towards Mahatma Gandhi. "I didn't call (Mahatma Gandhi's assassin) Nathuram Godse a patriot. I apologise if sentiments are hurt," Pragya Thakur said in Lok Sabha for the second time in less than three hours.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur Singh told parliament today that her comments were "distorted" by the opposition amid a massive controversy over her calling Nathuram Godse a patriot. She apologised for hurting sentiments with her comments. The 49-year-old lawmaker also alleged that she had been called a terrorist by an MP though there was no evidence against ...

A Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh has threatened to "burn" BJP MP Pragya Thakur for her reported remarks in parliament seen as disrespectful towards Mahatma Gandhi. Ms Thakur has denied her comment in parliament on Thursday was against Mahatma Gandhi.

Amid BJP's attempt to distance itself from MP Pragya Thakur's comment praising Mahtama Gandhi's assassin, a party MLA in Ballia said Nathuram Godse committed a mistake but he was not a terrorist.

Tehseen Poonawalla staged a protest against BJP MP Pragya Thakur's comments in parliament for which he was detained by Delhi police.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur has claimed her description of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, as a "deshbhakt (patriot)" in parliament yesterday has been taken out of context by the opposition

Nathuram Godse cannot be called a patriot and the BJP rejects such thinking, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today, in response to the controversial comments made by BJP MP Pragya Thakur in parliament yesterday

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, days after the two traded allegations of hate speech and divisive comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP.

BJP's Lok Sabha MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur accused the media of "distorting" her comments after she was denied renomination from the seat for the upcoming elections and refused to entertain any questions from journalists on the issue.

Bhartiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Friday came out in support of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma saying "if telling the truth is rebellion, then I am also a rebel".

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday termed as "unfortunate" the alleged remarks made by BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Nathuram Godse.

Amit Shah said "no one needs to fear" criticising the Narendra Modi government. The Home Minister's comment came at a private event in Mumbai when industrialist Rahul Bajaj told him people feared criticising the government for fear of reprisals

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government and Bharatiya Janata Party strongly condemns remarks of BJP Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur on Nathuram Godse.

A Congress leader in Indore on Friday lodged a complaint of sedition against BJP MP Pragya Thakur over her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, which has sparked a controversy.

Many members of the ruling BJP "silently" support its MP Pragya Thakur over her remark in which she called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi claimed on Friday, a day after her party censured her for the comment that has kicked up a massive controversy.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur apologised twice in parliament today amid a massive controversy over her comments seen to be disrespectful towards Mahatma Gandhi. "I didn't call (Mahatma Gandhi's assassin) Nathuram Godse a patriot. I apologise if sentiments are hurt," Pragya Thakur said in Lok Sabha for the second time in less than three hours.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur Singh told parliament today that her comments were "distorted" by the opposition amid a massive controversy over her calling Nathuram Godse a patriot. She apologised for hurting sentiments with her comments. The 49-year-old lawmaker also alleged that she had been called a terrorist by an MP though there was no evidence against ...

A Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh has threatened to "burn" BJP MP Pragya Thakur for her reported remarks in parliament seen as disrespectful towards Mahatma Gandhi. Ms Thakur has denied her comment in parliament on Thursday was against Mahatma Gandhi.

Amid BJP's attempt to distance itself from MP Pragya Thakur's comment praising Mahtama Gandhi's assassin, a party MLA in Ballia said Nathuram Godse committed a mistake but he was not a terrorist.

Tehseen Poonawalla staged a protest against BJP MP Pragya Thakur's comments in parliament for which he was detained by Delhi police.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur has claimed her description of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, as a "deshbhakt (patriot)" in parliament yesterday has been taken out of context by the opposition

Nathuram Godse cannot be called a patriot and the BJP rejects such thinking, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today, in response to the controversial comments made by BJP MP Pragya Thakur in parliament yesterday