Pragya Thakur for Parliament: Her Past and Portents for the Future – By Ram Puniyani

In the general election of 2019, endless sectarian issues are being thrown up by the ruling BJP. To top issues like the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Kabristan, Vande Mataram, pseudo-nationalism, now the BJP has put up Pragya Thakur as its candidate from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.

Thakur is one of the key accused in acts of terror, particularly in cases related to the Malegaon, Ajmer, Makkah Masjid and Samjhauta Express bomb blasts, in which many innocents lost their lives and hundreds were injured.

Since joining the BJP a fortnight ago and being nominated as a Lok Sabha candidate Thakur has issued many statements, which are very disturbing at one level and at another show her mindset and the RSS-BJP’s.…

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SEE ALSO:

• Fact check: Amit Shah’s claim that courts cleared Pragya Thakur in Malegaon blasts case is false – By Alison Saldanha (May 3, 2019, Scroll.in)
  https://scroll.in/article/922173/fact-check-amit-shahs-claim-that-courts-cleared-pragya-thakur-in-malegaon-blasts-case-is-false
• Who Killed My Son? Father Cries For Justice, Wants Bhopal To Snub Malegaon Blast Accused Pragya Thakur – By Prachi Pinglay-Plumber (May 1, 2019, Outlook)
  https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-who-killed-my-son-father-cries-for-justice-wants-bhopal-to-snub-malegaon-blast-accused-pragya-thakur/301541
• What was at Stake in the 2006/2008 Malegaon Terror Attacks? – By Mustafa Khan (Apr 29, 2019, Mainstream)
  http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8673.html
• India’s Weaponization of the Islamophobic Western Far-Right is a Worrisome Global Scandal – By Adam Garrie (Apr 29, 2019, Eurasia Future)
  https://eurasiafuture.com/2019/04/29/indias-weaponization-of-the-islamophobic-western-far-right-is-a-worrisome-global-scandal/