Voila! Pragya Singh Thakur may after all win in Bhopal, says India TV-CNX Exit Poll
5 years, 7 months ago

Voila! Pragya Singh Thakur may after all win in Bhopal, says India TV-CNX Exit Poll

India TV News  

Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur may finally the Lok Sabha battle against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, says the India TV-CNX Exit Poll. Pragya Thakur has been hitting the headlines ever since she was nominated by the BJP to contest from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency. But all that has seemed to work in her favour as the India TV-CNX Exit Poll has predicted her victory. Bhopal went to polls in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 12 and registered a voter turnout of -- a whopping -- 65.65%.

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Kerala bypoll results: CPI (M) leads with 17,509 votes in Chelakkara; Congress, BJP trail
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kerala bypoll results: CPI (M) leads with 17,509 votes in Chelakkara; Congress, BJP trail

Hindustan Times  

CPI's UR Pradeep is leading in the Chelakkara Assembly seat, counting for which began on Saturday morning, as per the early trends from the Election Commission of India. Meanwhile, Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, counting for which began on Saturday morning, as per the early trends from the Election Commission of India. …

Over 61 % of 94.4 lakh voters cast their votes in Odisha
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 61 % of 94.4 lakh voters cast their votes in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

Amid stray incidents of violence, 61.71 % of the 94.48 lakh voters in Odisha cast their vote in six Lok Sabha and 42 assembly constituencies of the state on Saturday. Sukadeb Patnaik, engaged as the polling agent of the BJP at Booth No.136 at Bahalunda village under Hindol Assembly constituency of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency fell ill when the voting …

'You’ll be thrown to a place…': BJP MLA threatens cop for turning off Shivraj Chouhan's mic | Watch
8 months, 1 week ago

'You’ll be thrown to a place…': BJP MLA threatens cop for turning off Shivraj Chouhan's mic | Watch

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Congress has accused former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a BJP MLA Surendra Patwa of threatening and abusing a police official. Former MP CM Shivraj Chouhan and BJP MLA Surendra Patwa The incident took place in the Bhojpur Assembly segment of the Vidisha parliamentary constituency when Chouhan was addressing the poll rally allegedly …

[Malegaon Blast Case] Mumbai Court Grants Exemption To Pragya Thakur From Appearance As “Last Chance”, Directs Her To Appear On April 25
8 months, 3 weeks ago

[Malegaon Blast Case] Mumbai Court Grants Exemption To Pragya Thakur From Appearance As “Last Chance”, Directs Her To Appear On April 25

Live Law  

A Special NIA Court in Mumbai on Saturday granted exemption “as a last chance” to BJP MP Pragya Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon Blast case, from appearing in court due to ill health. 1 to remain present on or before 25.04.2024, else the necessary order will be passed.” Thakur sought exemption claiming to be facing critical medical …

Lok Sabha election 2024: 'Never dreamt of getting ticket from Vadodara', says BJP’s youngest candidate
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024: 'Never dreamt of getting ticket from Vadodara', says BJP’s youngest candidate

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: When sitting Member of Parliament Ranjan Bhatt unexpectedly pulled out of the race despite being renominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, Hemang Joshi was blissfully unaware of what would unfold next. Joshi said he has large shoes to fill considering that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had won from …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: PM Says Congress Skipped Pran Prathista To 'Appease Votebank', Cong Releases Poll Campaign Song
9 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: PM Says Congress Skipped Pran Prathista To 'Appease Votebank', Cong Releases Poll Campaign Song

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Latest Updates On Upcoming Elections in India Our Live Coverage on Lok Sabha Election 2024 Has Moved Here. Lok Sabha Election 2024: Omar Abdullah Challenges Ghulam Nabi Azad to Contest Polls Against Him National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah challenged Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls …

[Malegaon Blast Case] Mumbai Court Directs Pragya Thakur To Appear 'Without Fail' From April 20 Onwards To Record Statement In Trial
9 months, 1 week ago

[Malegaon Blast Case] Mumbai Court Directs Pragya Thakur To Appear 'Without Fail' From April 20 Onwards To Record Statement In Trial

Live Law  

A Special NIA Court in Mumbai today ordered BJP MP Pragya Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon Blast case, to appear before the court without fail from April 20, 2024, onwards to record her statement in the ongoing trial. In that application, the court had passed an order directing the National Investigation Agency to verify Thakur's health condition in …

LS Polls: Congress Announces Remaining Candidates For Chhattisgarh, Fields MLA Who Is Under ED Scanner
9 months, 2 weeks ago

LS Polls: Congress Announces Remaining Candidates For Chhattisgarh, Fields MLA Who Is Under ED Scanner

ABP News  

The Congress party unveiled its seventh list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, featuring contenders from Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu. Menka Devi Singh belongs to the Sarangarh royal family, with her father having served as chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh, and her sisters having held Congress Lok Sabha MP positions in the past. Lok Sabha …

BJP RS MP Ajay Pratap quits party, expresses displeasure over ‘process of selecting candidates for LS polls’
10 months ago

BJP RS MP Ajay Pratap quits party, expresses displeasure over ‘process of selecting candidates for LS polls’

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Ajay Pratap Singh on Saturday resigned from the party’s primary membership, expressing displeasure over the ruling outfit’s process of selecting candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "I am resigning from the primary membership of the party," he stated in the one-line letter addressed to BJP chief …

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur accuses media of distorting her remarks after BJP denied ticket in 1st list
10 months, 1 week ago

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur accuses media of distorting her remarks after BJP denied ticket in 1st list

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Monday slammed the media for allegedly distorting her remarks after the party dropped her name from the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Singh Thakur Read here: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur reacts after BJP denied Bhopal Lok Sabha ticket: 'PM …

‘My previous statements…’: Pragya Thakur after ticket denied from Bhopal
10 months, 1 week ago

‘My previous statements…’: Pragya Thakur after ticket denied from Bhopal

Live Mint  

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday said certain words in her previous statements might not have pleased Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he had told her she "will not be forgiven". It is important to note that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is among the 33 sitting BJP MPs whose names were missing from the party's first list of 195 candidates …

BJP fields Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha, Scindia from Guna in Lok Sabha polls | Check full list from MP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP fields Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha, Scindia from Guna in Lok Sabha polls | Check full list from MP

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday declared the first list of candidates for 195 Lok Sabha seats across 15 states. Check complete list of BJP candidates for Madhya Pradesh: Image Source : INDIA TVBJP list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh Image Source : INDIA TVBJP list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh The five Lok Sabha seat …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Pragya Thakur's Election As Loksabha MP For Want Of Prosecution
2 years ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Pragya Thakur's Election As Loksabha MP For Want Of Prosecution

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an Election plea challenging Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's election from Bhopal in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections "for want of prosecution".The order passed by the bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat reads thus:".since petitioner is not appearing despite repeated opportunities being granted to him,. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has …

Heavyweights bite the dust in Himachal polls
2 years, 1 month ago

Heavyweights bite the dust in Himachal polls

The Hindu  

As the Himachal Pradesh election results were unveiled, it became clear that the anti-incumbency mood among the people has taken its toll on the BJP. The outgoing Chief Minister and BJP leader Jairam Thakur won the Seraj assembly constituency by a margin of more than 31,000 votes over Chet Ram of the Congress, according to the Election Commission. Ram Lal …

Voters reject most of the 'bahubalis' of Uttar Pradesh in Assembly Election 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Voters reject most of the 'bahubalis' of Uttar Pradesh in Assembly Election 2022

India TV News  

Highlights Many alleged dons-turned-politicians failed to make it to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Vijay Mishra, who managed to be the MLA from Gyanpur since 2002, had to face defeat this time Raghuraj Pratap Singh managed to win the elections from Kunda for the eighth term this year While a few ‘bahubalis’ managed wins in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, a …

India Today - Axis My India Exit Poll predicts BJP win in Manipur with 33-43 seats
2 years, 10 months ago

India Today - Axis My India Exit Poll predicts BJP win in Manipur with 33-43 seats

India Today  

The India Today - Axis My India has predicted 33-43 seats for the BJP in Manipur, 4-8 seats each for the Congress, NPP and NPF and 0-7 seats for others. In 2017, the BJP had managed to secure 36.3 per cent of the total votes polled in Manipur, while the Congress bagged 35.1 per cent of the vote. Tension was …

Congressmen, traitors have no place in India: BJP's Pragya Thakur reacts to 'missing MP' posters
3 years, 3 months ago

Congressmen, traitors have no place in India: BJP's Pragya Thakur reacts to 'missing MP' posters

India Today  

Lashing out at a Madhya Pradesh Congress legislator over posters which declared her to be missing during the Covid-19 pandemic, BJP MP from Bhopal Pragya Thakur has said "such Congressmen and traitors" have no place in India. During the program, Thakur also took a veiled swipe at Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, saying a person can not become pious only by …

'BJP's chacha jaan': Rakesh Tikait's jibe at Asaduddin Owaisi as AIMIM enters UP electoral race
3 years, 4 months ago

'BJP's chacha jaan': Rakesh Tikait's jibe at Asaduddin Owaisi as AIMIM enters UP electoral race

India TV News  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has lashed out at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his decision to contest Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Tikat, who is spearheading farmers' agitation against the Modi government at Delhi borders, sought claim that Owaisi is hand in glove with the BJP and called him the saffron party's "chacha jaan". "BJP's chacha jaan, Asaduddin …

Modi Inducts 35-year-old Nisith Pramanik, Shantanu Thakur, 2 Others from Bengal Into Cabinet
3 years, 6 months ago

Modi Inducts 35-year-old Nisith Pramanik, Shantanu Thakur, 2 Others from Bengal Into Cabinet

News 18  

Though the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in March to Mamata Banerjee but securing 77 seats by the saffron brigade didn’t go unnoticed before the central leadership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rewarded Shantanu Thakur, Nisith Pramanik, Dr Subhas Sarkar and John Barla with a ministerial post on Wednesday. In Bongaon Lok Sabha seats, Shantanu along …

Sadhvi Pragya out of defence panel after calling Nathuram Godse a patriot, fired from BJP soon?
5 years, 1 month ago

Sadhvi Pragya out of defence panel after calling Nathuram Godse a patriot, fired from BJP soon?

India Today  

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has been removed from a key parliamentary panel a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, as a "patriot" during Lok Sabha proceedings. Not only has Pragya Thakur been axed from the Consultative Committee on Defence -- she was appointed only eight days ago -- but she can't attend BJP parliamentary party meetings during …

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur nominated to MoD's consultative committee
5 years, 1 month ago

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur nominated to MoD's consultative committee

Op India  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur has been nominated to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence headed by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur entered the 17th Lok Sabha by defeating former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Consultative committees are …

Happy with results, says Priyanka Gandhi even as Cong fails to win any seat in UP bypolls
5 years, 2 months ago

Happy with results, says Priyanka Gandhi even as Cong fails to win any seat in UP bypolls

India Today  

Despite failing to win even a single assembly seat in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has expressed happiness over the results. DM - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra October 24, 2019 Meanwhile, a delegation of the state Congress leaders also protested outside the state election commission office in Lucknow, accusing the BJP of getting the results in …

Petition filed in Jabalpur High Court against Pragya Thakur for seeking religion based votes during Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 6 months ago

Petition filed in Jabalpur High Court against Pragya Thakur for seeking religion based votes during Lok Sabha polls

India TV News  

A petition was filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court here on Tuesday against BJP's Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur for seeking votes in the name of religion during the recent Lok Sabha election. Rakesh Dixit, a Bhopal-based journalist, filed the petition challenging the election of Thakur on the grounds that she whipped up communal passions and indulged in corrupt practices …

NCP MLC dresses up as Hemant Karkare to flay Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's curse
5 years, 6 months ago

NCP MLC dresses up as Hemant Karkare to flay Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's curse

India TV News  

Maverick Nationalist Congress Party legislator Prakash Gajbhiye on Wednesday turned heads when he came to Maharashtra Legislature dressed up like the former slain top cop, Hemant Karkare. Carrying a placard, he moved around silently to "express regrets" over the recent comments by Bhopal MP, Pragya Singh Thakur, on the late Karkare, who was among the martyrs during the 26/11 Mumbai …

No exemption for Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from weekly hearing, rules NIA court
5 years, 6 months ago

No exemption for Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from weekly hearing, rules NIA court

India Today  

A special National Investigation Agency court on Thursday rejected an application filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur demanding permanent exemption from weekly hearings in Malegaon blast case. Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had also cited her MP status mentioning she has to attend the Parliament on a day-to-day basis. After the court hearing, BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had also …

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur: How dogmatic teen from MP town became Malegaon blast-accused legislator
5 years, 7 months ago

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur: How dogmatic teen from MP town became Malegaon blast-accused legislator

Firstpost  

Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature was seen by many within the Sangh as an experiment to test the limits of a country, which is in the process of a churning — a process which rests on the imagination of the Hindu Rashtra. [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> This was the sort of behaviour that I witnessed frequently in the two weeks that I spent tailing …

Pragya Thakur finally appears in NIA court
5 years, 7 months ago

Pragya Thakur finally appears in NIA court

Hindustan Times  

Appearing in a special National Investigation Agency court, Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday denied having any knowledge of the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts. This was Pragya Singh Thakur’s first appearance in the court, as an accused in the case, who won the Bhopal LS seat in the just-concluded general elections. This was her first appearance in …

2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Singh Thakur attends hearing in Mumbai court after failing to appear twice
5 years, 7 months ago

2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Singh Thakur attends hearing in Mumbai court after failing to appear twice

Firstpost  

Thakur was hospitalised in Bhopal following a stomach ailment on Wednesday night and was discharged early Thursday, her close aide Upma told PTI, adding that the BJP MP would return to the hospital after attending an event in Bhopal. Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur arrived at the special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday, in connection …

Pragya Singh Thakur skips 2008 Malegaon blast case hearing owing to ill health; court asks BJP MP to appear before it by 7 June
5 years, 7 months ago

Pragya Singh Thakur skips 2008 Malegaon blast case hearing owing to ill health; court asks BJP MP to appear before it by 7 June

Firstpost  

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur failed to appear before a court in Mumbai Thursday - for the second time this week - in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case Bhopal: BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur failed to appear before a court in Mumbai Thursday - for the second time this week - in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast …

Pragya Thakur briefly hospitalised in Bhopal
5 years, 7 months ago

Pragya Thakur briefly hospitalised in Bhopal

India TV News  

Newly elected Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur, who had been directed to appear before a special court in Mumbai in the Malegaon blast case this week, was hospitalised for a stomach ailment and discharged early Thursday morning. She was hospitalised on Wednesday night and discharged early Thursday morning, her close aide Upma told PTI, adding that she would return to …

Modi's vision is Rashtra Dharma: Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur
5 years, 7 months ago

Modi's vision is Rashtra Dharma: Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur

India TV News  

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who has won the Bhopal parliamentary seat on a BJP ticket, on Friday termed the massive mandate to her party in the Lok Sabha elections as "a victory of Rashtra dharma", which she said was a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thakur, who defeated Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh by nearly 3 lakh votes, was addressing BJP …

India gives Modi a high five
5 years, 7 months ago

India gives Modi a high five

The Hindu  

Making major gains in West Bengal and Odisha while holding his own in northern India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruised to a second term in office, with the BJP alone looking set to win just over 300 seats in the seven-phase Lok Sabha election. Its major NDA allies — Shiv Sena, JD 16, LJP 6 and Akali Dal 2 — …

Bhopal Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur of BJP Wins
5 years, 7 months ago

Bhopal Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur of BJP Wins

News 18  

Bhopal is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Malwa North region of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Alok Sanjar of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a …

Bhopal Lok Sabha result: BJP’s Pragya Thakur leads
5 years, 7 months ago

Bhopal Lok Sabha result: BJP’s Pragya Thakur leads

India TV News  

Counting of votes in the Bhopal parliamentary constituency has begun. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken an early lead over senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh. Bhopal has been in the limelight ahead of Lok Sabha election 2019 after BJP nominated Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur as its candidate from the seat. …

Election results 2019 live | As it happened
5 years, 7 months ago

Election results 2019 live | As it happened

The Hindu  

Heading towards a grand finale, the BJP, on Thursday, is the second political party in the Indian history to come back to power, even stronger this time. — PTI Gujarat | 2.45 pm Amit Shah set to win with huge margin BJP president Amit Shah is leading in Gandhinagar by nearly 5 lakh votes against his Congress rival Dr. C.J. …

Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticises Digvijaya Singh for not voting in Phase 6, claims could be because Congress leader doesn't trust Kamal Nath
5 years, 8 months ago

Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticises Digvijaya Singh for not voting in Phase 6, claims could be because Congress leader doesn't trust Kamal Nath

Firstpost  

BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for failing to caste his vote in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls that were held on Sunday. Indore: BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for …

MP's youth votes: No one with sense of humanity will vote for Pragya Thakur, say Muslims in Bhopal
5 years, 8 months ago

MP's youth votes: No one with sense of humanity will vote for Pragya Thakur, say Muslims in Bhopal

Firstpost  

For many young Muslims in Bhopal, the prospect of Pragya Thakur’s victory is almost unthinkable. This reporter spoke to several people at the ground about the Lok Sabha election in the constituency, where the BJP has fielded self-styled Hindu saint and Malegaon bomb blast-accused Pragya Thakur against the Congress’ candidate, former chief minister Digvijaya Singh. I countered him, telling him …

Bhopal Lok Sabha seat: How Digvijaya Singh, Pragya Thakur added colour to their campaigns
5 years, 8 months ago

Bhopal Lok Sabha seat: How Digvijaya Singh, Pragya Thakur added colour to their campaigns

India Today  

The high pitched campaign for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat came to an end on Friday evening. In one of the most watched contests in the country, former CM Digvijaya Singh of the Congress is pitted against Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate Pragya Thakur in Bhopal. Campaign by both candidates -- Digvijaya Singh and Pragya Thakur -- was marked …

In Digvijaya Singh vs Sadhvi Pragya fight, City of Lakes takes a poll plunge into religion
5 years, 8 months ago

In Digvijaya Singh vs Sadhvi Pragya fight, City of Lakes takes a poll plunge into religion

India Today  

Digvijaya Singh, the former chief minister, and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, are in direct contest in Bhopal, the City of Lakes. Not natural choice Interestingly, neither Digvijaya Singh and Sadhvi Pragya voluntarily choose the Bhopal seat to fight Lok Sabha elections. During the road show, Computer Baba declared Digvijaya Singh’s electoral contest …

Election Commission issues notice to BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for campaigning despite 72-hour ban
5 years, 8 months ago

Election Commission issues notice to BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for campaigning despite 72-hour ban

Firstpost  

The district election officer in Bhopal sought a reply from Pragya Singh Thakur on the EC notice over a complaint of her campaigning during the 3-day period when she was barred from doing so by the poll watchdog. Bhopal : Bharatiya Janata Party Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur has been sent a notice by District Election Officer in Bhopal over …

Sadhvi Pragya barred from campaigning for three days by the Election Commission for her Babri demolition remark
5 years, 8 months ago

Sadhvi Pragya barred from campaigning for three days by the Election Commission for her Babri demolition remark

Op India  

The Election Commission has barred BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal constituency, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from election campaigning for three days due to the remarks made by her about Babri Masjid demolition. EC bars BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur from campaigning for three days starting 6 am tomorrow. The order said that “Commission has barred her from holding …

Lok Sabha election: A look at high-profile contests in fourth phase polling in Mumbai
5 years, 8 months ago

Lok Sabha election: A look at high-profile contests in fourth phase polling in Mumbai

India TV News  

Out of the 17 seats in Maharashtra in the fourth phase polling of 2019 Lok Sabha election, six parliamentary constituencies of Mumbai went to vote on Monday. Another tough battle is between Poonam Mahajan, daughter of late Union minister Pramod Mahajan and Priya Dutt, daughter of late actor and minister Sunil Dutt, for North Central Mumbai constituency. Poonam defeated Priya …

A Hindu can never be a terrorist: Amit Shah defends Sadhvi Pragya
5 years, 8 months ago

A Hindu can never be a terrorist: Amit Shah defends Sadhvi Pragya

India Today  

BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the party's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur was framed in false cases by those who had coined the term "Hindu terror" and indulged in vote bank politics. Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is in the eye of a storm for her controversial statements that her "curse" led to former Maharashtra …

Pragya Singh Thakur gets EC notice for remark expressing pride over participation in Babri Masjid demolition
5 years, 8 months ago

Pragya Singh Thakur gets EC notice for remark expressing pride over participation in Babri Masjid demolition

Firstpost  

EC has issued a show-cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for her remark that she was proud of her participation in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya Bhopal: The Election Commission has issued another show-cause notice to BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur for her remark that she was proud of …

Devendra Fadnavis defends Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's candidature from Bhopal, but doesn't support her comment on Hemant Karkare
5 years, 8 months ago

Devendra Fadnavis defends Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's candidature from Bhopal, but doesn't support her comment on Hemant Karkare

Firstpost  

Amid the controversy created by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s statements on Hemant Karkare, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the party’s decision to field Pragya from the crucial Bhopal constituency for the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Amid the controversy created by Malegaon blast-accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s statements on slain Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra …

Election Commission serves show cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Singh over Hemant Karkare remark
5 years, 8 months ago

Election Commission serves show cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Singh over Hemant Karkare remark

Firstpost  

Sadhvi Pragya Singh claimed that Karkare died during the attack as she had “cursed” him for torturing her when he probed the blast case as chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad. Bhopal: The Election Commission Saturday issued a show cause notice to Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur over her remark about Hemant Karkare, the Maharashtra …

Digvijaya Singh seeks to end BJP's dominance in Bhopal, but faces tough fight from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur
5 years, 8 months ago

Digvijaya Singh seeks to end BJP's dominance in Bhopal, but faces tough fight from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

Firstpost  

Congress workers have already started campaigning for Digvijaya Singh, and a war room has been constructed in Malviya Nagar in Bhopal. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath had said at Chhindwara in March, “I have urged Digvijaya Singh to contest from one of the toughest seats. However, the announcement by the BJP of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s candidature will …

Pragya’s Bhopal race: BJP taking a gamble?
5 years, 8 months ago

Pragya’s Bhopal race: BJP taking a gamble?

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP has become a force to reckon with in Indian politics, and its leaders feel they can indulge in calculated improprieties and get away too. The fielding of Pragya Thakur, who was inducted into the BJP overnight and given a party ticket from the prestigious Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, is calculated to ruffle feathers. In contrast, a parallel ceremony …

‘Apologise’: Congress to PM Modi over Pragya Thakur’s remark on Hemant Karkare
5 years, 8 months ago

‘Apologise’: Congress to PM Modi over Pragya Thakur’s remark on Hemant Karkare

Hindustan Times  

The Congress Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country and take action against the BJP’s Bhopal nominee Pragya Singh Thakur, who claimed that 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare died because she had cursed him for “torturing” her. The 2008 Malegaon blast case accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur leaving the special NIA court after she was charged for …

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