Sadhvi Remarks

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday took on the former bureaucrats who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing discontent over her alleged hate speech, and said that she had only reminded people about the rights for women.

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar took a swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur over her recent "sharpen the knives" in "self-defence" statement saying "virtuous people never speak about violence" and "use hate speech".

Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: An uproar is expected in Parliament over BJP MP Pragya Thakur's remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was removed from the consultative committee of the defence ministry on Thursday, a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot in parliament. A repeat offender, Pragya Thakur has done it before but this time, the outrageous comments were made in Lok Sabha.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has criticised BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her remark that the Opposition is using "marak shakti" (killing power) to harm BJP leaders. He asked the saffron party to "introspect" for bringing such a person into politics.

Amid the raging controversy over BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, party president Amit Shah defended fielding her as the BJP's candidate from Bhopal in the ongoing national elections and said her candidature is a "satyagraha" against a fake "saffron terror" case.

Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya's remarks describing Nathuram Godse as a "patriot".

Election in Bhopal is over, but Congress's Digvijaya Singh today said his opponent Pragya Singh Thakur's statement glorifying Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, calls for an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur - who is taking of Congress's Digvijay Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat - has been barred from campaigning for 72 hours for her hugely objectionable statement on Babri Masjid demolition.

Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP candidate for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, will not receive support from Muslim BJP leader Fatima Rasool Siddique unless she apologises for remarks that Ms Siddique says has hurt religious sentiments.

BJP candidate Pragya Thakur will be charged for saying she was "proud to be part of the Babri mosque demolition". An election officer has ordered a First Information Report against her.

The Election Commission has sought a report from Bhopal Collector amid a wide condemnation of BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare.

Facing a massive backlash over her comments boasting about her "curse" on 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare, BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday evening apologized and said she is "taking back her words".

Hours after BJP politician Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur claimed that Maharashtra police officer Hemant Karkare died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks because she had "cursed" him, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today cautioned against disrespecting a person who served the nation at the cost of his life.

The Indian Police Service (IPS) Association on Friday condemned BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's "insulting" remarks on former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief Hemant Karkare.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday took on the former bureaucrats who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing discontent over her alleged hate speech, and said that she had only reminded people about the rights for women.

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar took a swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur over her recent "sharpen the knives" in "self-defence" statement saying "virtuous people never speak about violence" and "use hate speech".

Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: An uproar is expected in Parliament over BJP MP Pragya Thakur's remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was removed from the consultative committee of the defence ministry on Thursday, a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot in parliament. A repeat offender, Pragya Thakur has done it before but this time, the outrageous comments were made in Lok Sabha.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has criticised BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her remark that the Opposition is using "marak shakti" (killing power) to harm BJP leaders. He asked the saffron party to "introspect" for bringing such a person into politics.

Amid the raging controversy over BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, party president Amit Shah defended fielding her as the BJP's candidate from Bhopal in the ongoing national elections and said her candidature is a "satyagraha" against a fake "saffron terror" case.

Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya's remarks describing Nathuram Godse as a "patriot".

Election in Bhopal is over, but Congress's Digvijaya Singh today said his opponent Pragya Singh Thakur's statement glorifying Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, calls for an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur - who is taking of Congress's Digvijay Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat - has been barred from campaigning for 72 hours for her hugely objectionable statement on Babri Masjid demolition.

Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP candidate for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, will not receive support from Muslim BJP leader Fatima Rasool Siddique unless she apologises for remarks that Ms Siddique says has hurt religious sentiments.

BJP candidate Pragya Thakur will be charged for saying she was "proud to be part of the Babri mosque demolition". An election officer has ordered a First Information Report against her.

The Election Commission has sought a report from Bhopal Collector amid a wide condemnation of BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare.

Facing a massive backlash over her comments boasting about her "curse" on 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare, BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday evening apologized and said she is "taking back her words".

Hours after BJP politician Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur claimed that Maharashtra police officer Hemant Karkare died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks because she had "cursed" him, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today cautioned against disrespecting a person who served the nation at the cost of his life.

The Indian Police Service (IPS) Association on Friday condemned BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's "insulting" remarks on former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief Hemant Karkare.