Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the Member of Parliament (MP) candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhopal, said, her curse sent Hemant Karkare to heaven.
Pragya Singh Thakur, who is being criticised for her involvement in the 2008 Malegaon Blast Case, on the 19th of April, said, “I told him tera sarvanaash hoga (You will be destroyed,’) and just over a month later, terrorists killed him.”
Sadhvi Pragya further said, “That day, there was a sutak (inauspicious period) on him. That sutak ended the day he was killed.”
The late Hemant Karkare, the Chief of the Anti Terror Squad (ATS,) was the investigative officer of the Malegaon blast case. According to Ms. Thakur, the ATS department of Maharashtra asked Hemant to let her go if he doesn’t have proof, but he refused to do so and kept investigating the case.
Sadhvi Pragya said, when Karkare asked her whether he should ask God to provide evidence against her for being involved in the Malegaon blast, she replied, if he feels like it, he should do so.
Mr. Karkare, the ATS Chief died during the 26/11 Mumbai Terror attack in 2008. Karkare was with Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, two senior police officials, when he was killed after Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail, the terrorists responsible for the attack, opened fire at their police van.
The statement of Pragya drew a lot of criticism from the opposition parties and leaders.
Arvind Kejriwal, the President of the Aam Aadmi Party, said, the BJP is showing its true colours and needs to be shown its place.
Shahnawaz Hussain, the spokesperson of the BJP, also criticised the words of Ms. Sadhvi Pragya. He said, “Those who died for the Country, we consider them martyrs. We don’t raise questions on their martyrdom.”
Pragya Singh Thakur recently joined the BJP and is going to contest from the Bhopal constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh will contest a total of 29 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. The Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha elections are divided into four phases, scheduled on the 29th of April, 6th of May, 12th of May and 19th of May.
The results of the Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha elections will be declared on the 23rd of May.
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