Sadhvi Pragya Thakur soon after joining Bhartiya Janta Party has sparked outrage with her comment on Hemant Karkare, 26/11 martyr. She said that the former ATS chief Hemant Karkare died because she had ‘cursed’ him.
#WATCH Pragya Singh Thakur:Maine kaha tera (Mumbai ATS chief late Hemant Karkare) sarvanash hoga.Theek sava mahine mein sutak lagta hai. Jis din main gayi thi us din iske sutak lag gaya tha.Aur theek sava mahine mein jis din atankwadiyon ne isko maara, us din uska anth hua (18.4) pic.twitter.com/COqhEW2Bnc
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2019
Sadhvi Pragya is BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha Election from Bhopal. He is contesting against Digvijay Singh.
IPS Association’s Twitter handle tweeted about the statement my by her and said all our martyrs be respected.
Ashok Chakra awardee late Sri Hemant Karkare, IPS made the supreme sacrifice fighting terrorists. Those of us in uniform condemn the insulting statement made by a candidate and demand that sacrifices of all our martyrs be respected.
— IPS Association (@IPS_Association) April 19, 2019
Soon, after the statement, BJP and Sadhvi Pragya were attacked all around and people condemn the statement.
.@ECISVEEP I am alive and safe in #Mumbai because of the sacrifice made by #HemantKarkare. He doesn’t deserve this shit. Please take action against #MotormouthPoliticians. #LooseCanons https://t.co/TXoVL9SPr3
— Shilpa Shree (@shilpajn) April 19, 2019
It takes a specially vicious mindset to insult a policeman who gave his life in service of his country and led a meticulous, rigorous fair investigation into extremist violence. By abusing #HemantKarkare, terror suspect, now @BJP4India candidate #SadhviPragya reveals herself https://t.co/WdhIesvpuF
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) April 19, 2019
I feel ashamed when a terrorist/ terror-accused points fingers at 26/11 hero #HemantKarkare. Shame on @BJP4India who gave her a platform to insult our martyr #SadhviInsultsMartyr
— Somsuvra Dhar 🇮🇳 (@Imshom) April 19, 2019
#HemantKarkare is a martyr and any insult to martyrs is not acceptable… #PragyaThakur should take back her statement… #PragyaInsultsMartyr
— The Unbiased (@TheUnbiased4) April 19, 2019
BJP anyhow has said that: “BJP considers Hemant Karkare a martyr. This is Sadhvi Pragya’s personal statement which she might have given because of the mental & physical torture she had faced.”
BJP releases statement over the remarks made against late Hemant Karkare by BJP LS candidate for Bhopal, Pragya Thakur; says, “BJP considers him a martyr. This is Sadhvi Pragya’s personal statement which she might have given because of the mental & physical torture she had faced” pic.twitter.com/CNr5n5EbDl
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2019
And after receiving so much of criticism Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has taken her statement back.
Sadhvi Pragya Thakur retracts controversial statement on 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare.
— ABP News (@abpnewstv) April 19, 2019
