Malegaon Blast Terror-Accused Pragya Thakur's Name In Defence Panel Leaves Netizens Confused
The bomb went off adjacent to a mosque in Malegaon in Maharashtra in September 2008. She was granted bail on health grounds in 2017.
Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Singh Thakur, who courts raging rows every now and then, has now been nominated to the Ministry of Defence¡¯s Parliamentary Consultative Committee, which is headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The Member of Parliament from Bhopal who defeated Congress party¡¯s Digvijay Singh in 2019 general elections, remains an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bombing case. In this regard, she is facing trial in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court.
Pragya Thakur, to this effect, has been faced with multiple charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. To bring perspective to the Malegaon Blast case, it must be noted that at least six people were killed in the heinous act. Further, 100 were injured in the bomb blast in which an explosive device was strapped to a motorcycle.
The bomb went off adjacent to a mosque in Malegaon in Maharashtra in September 2008. She was granted bail on health grounds in 2017.
But life seems to have taken a full circle for Pragya as she is now nominated as a member in a parliamentary consultative committee on defence. She has also courted controversy at numerous instances by openly hailing and celebrating the life of Nathuram Godse, the assassin of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.
Bas yhi dekhna rhe gya tha ?
¡ª Madhav Kothari (@mdhv_kothari) November 21, 2019
Pragya thakur is on the parliamentary committee on defence !!!!
Sarcastic #ModiHaiTohMumkinHai https://t.co/l39IWUkdz5
Shocked to see BJP MP & Malegaon blasts case accused #PragyaThakur being nominated to the parliamentary consultative committee on defence!
¡ª Akash Banerjee (@TheDeshBhakt) November 21, 2019
Just unacceptable!
She would've been such an ideal fit for the parliamentary consultative committee on cancer cure?
-https://t.co/vockfYizMr pic.twitter.com/Qnn7GHAZPd
Objections on appointment of #PragyaThakur on #Defence committee are unnecessary. Modi ji feels that her knowledge of technology to create Bombs will be a GRT asset for our armed forces. Modi ji has not pardoned her otherwise she would have been RakshaMantri#ModiHaiTohMumkinHai
¡ª Sachin Sawant (@sachin_inc) November 21, 2019
BJP MP #PragyaThakur nominated to Parliamentary panel on defence.
¡ª Tweetpur Teerandaj (@sirbangabasu) November 21, 2019
The 21-member parliamentary consultative committee is headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
It seems she has finally got ¡°Mann se maafi¡± from #DuggalSaab
Good Morning, all! pic.twitter.com/yWg6PWb6iG
#PragyaThakur, once accused in a terrorist attack, gets nominated to Parliamentary Panel on Defence. This is how BJP rewards someone who PM #Modi had said he would never forgive for insulting Mahatma Gandhi! https://t.co/E9prpULjKe
¡ª AH Siddiqui (@anwar0262) November 21, 2019
Pragya Thakur ki "Maarak and Shraap Shakti" dekhte hue
¡ª Jayant Parashar (@JayantParashar1) November 21, 2019
She has been appointed in the parliamentary panel on Defence
A terror accused seriously@BJP4India kuch b KR skte h#Defence
Hey Ram!!!
¡ª Bhavika Kapoor (@BhavikaKapoor5) November 21, 2019
https://t.co/26PAS3lkdB
In another first, terror accused BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya nominated to defence committee.
¡ª kamaljit sandhu (@kamaljitsandhu) November 21, 2019
Well done democracy.
BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur nominated to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence- https://t.co/gYXscUtiri
The Govt Of India should consider #PragyaThakur for the post Chief of Defense Staff ( CDS ) .
¡ª Ankush (@ankushh_b) November 21, 2019
In the run up to the 2019 general elections too, she had made an astonishing claim that the former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare died during the Mumbai terror attacks because she had cursed him. After facing outrage from all sections of the society, she was later compelled to withdraw her comments.
Thakur, no stranger to controversies as also a terror accused and a vociferous fan of Gandhi's assasin, once also said the Opposition was using a 'marak shakti' (killing power) to harm BJP leaders, adding the 'evil power' was behind the recent deaths of former Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.
BJP veteran Arun Jaitley died on August 24 and Swaraj on August 6.
#WATCH Pragya Thakur,BJP MP: Once a Maharaj ji told me that bad times are upon us&opposition is upto something, using some 'marak shakti' against BJP.I later forgot what he said,but now when I see our top leaders leaving us one by one,I am forced to think,wasn't Maharaj ji right? pic.twitter.com/ZeYHkacFJj
¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2019
"While I was contesting (Lok Sabha) elections, a Maharaj ji told me that bad times are upon us and Opposition is up to something using some 'marak shakti' against BJP. I later forgot what he said but now when I see our top leaders leaving us one by one, I am forced to think, wasn't Maharaj ji right?" she said.
The most memorable instance is when she praised Godse as a patriot. This irked Indians across the line and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that her comments were detrimental to the society and that he would never be able to forgive her.
Nonetheless, she has now been nominated to the Ministry of Defence's Parliamentary Consultative Committee and Prime Minister Modi is still at the helm of affairs in the country.
