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Twitterati flay Pragya Thakur over viral video
India | Dec 23, 2019, 04:06 PMOne Twitter user remarked: "Finally, someone told #PragyaSinghThakur that the plane doesn't run on communal votes -- it runs on hard-earned money, which doesn't grow with street nuisance."
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Pragya Thakur was on wheelchair, refused to move to non-emergency row causing delay: SpiceJet
India | Dec 22, 2019, 05:46 PMSpiceJet on Sunday clarified that BJP MP Pragya Thakur was asked by the crew on Delhi-Bhopal flight to move to a non-emergency row seat as she was on a wheelchair but she refused, causing the flight to delay.
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BJP MP Pragya Thakur demands FIR against Congress MLA over threat to burn her
India | Dec 07, 2019, 10:17 PMBJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur reached a police station here on Saturday night, demanding that a case be registered against a Congress MLA who had threatened to "burn" her over her remarks about Nathuram Godse.
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Pragya Thakur seeks 'harshest' punishment in Hyderabad rape-murder case
India | Nov 30, 2019, 03:16 PMBJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Saturday expressed shock over the rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad and demanded 'harshest punishment' to the guilty. The charred body of a 27-year-old veterinarian was found under a culvert on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Thursday. Four people have been arrested for the crime that has sparked national outrage.
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What does Nitish think about Pragya episode, asks Tejashwi Yadav
India | Nov 30, 2019, 06:57 AMThe tongue-in-cheek remark by the RJD leader, who became the leader of opposition in the Bihar Assembly upon losing the deputy chief minister's post, was made in reference to Kumar's action in the wake of a prolonged controversy over money-laundering cases lodged against the younger son of Lalu Prasad.
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Not just her effigy, will burn her too: Congress MLA Govardhan Dangi threatens Pragya Thakur
India | Nov 29, 2019, 02:18 PMPragya Thakur apologised for her statement and said that her remarks were twisted and given a different meaning. "I apologise if my remarks have hurt anyone. But my statements made in Parliament are being distorted to give them a different meaning. I respect Mahatma Gandhi's contribution to the nation," she said in the Lok Sabha.
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Pragya Thakur apologises in Lok Sabha, but attacks Rahul over 'terrorist' remark
India | Nov 29, 2019, 02:30 PMBJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday apologised for her praise of Nathuram Godse and said that her remarks were twisted to give them a different meaning. "It is condemnable the way my remark has been attacked without finding out the details and the context"
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Godse wasn't a terrorist, committed a mistake: BJP Ballia MLA Surendra Singh
India | Nov 28, 2019, 03:31 PM“Godse committed a mistake. He should have not killed patriot Gandhi ji," Surendra Singh added, using the Hindi word "bhool" for "mistake". When asked whether Godse was a patriot, the MLA did not reply.
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'Didn't tolerate Udham Singh's insult': Pragya Thakur clarifies Godse remark
India | Nov 28, 2019, 01:41 PMPragya Thakur was removed from the consultative committee of the defence ministry on Thursday, a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot in parliament.
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Pragya Thakur refers to Nathuram Godse as 'deshbhakt' in Lok Sabha, triggers row
National | Nov 27, 2019, 07:37 PMBJP member Pragya Thakur referred to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "deshbhakt" during a debate in Lok Sabha, triggering a protest by opposition members.
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Malegaon blast: HC asks NIA to inform trial completion time
India | Jul 22, 2019, 06:03 PMThe Bombay High Court on Monday sought to know from the National Investigation Agency the estimated time by which trial in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case would be completed.
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Not surprised at all: Owaisi on Pragya Thakur's assertion that she wasn't elected to 'clean toilets'
India | Jul 22, 2019, 01:48 PMPragya Thakur, a first-time BJP parliamentarian from Madhya Pradesh, recently told party workers that she "wasn't elected to get drains and toilets cleaned".
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Pragya Thakur kicks up another controversy: I have not become MP to clean toilets and drains
India | Jul 22, 2019, 10:46 AMPragya Thakur, who is on bail in the Malegaon Blast Case was addressing a group of BJP workers. Congress said that her statement "exposes" the "hollowness" of the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign.
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Petition filed in Jabalpur High Court against Pragya Thakur for seeking religion based votes during Lok Sabha polls
India | Jul 10, 2019, 07:01 AMRakesh 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 to win the polls.
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Pragya Thakur creates controversy with her name during oath taking
India | Jun 17, 2019, 06:20 PMThe mention of Swami Purna Chetnanand Avdheshanand Giri as a suffix to her name Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur evoked sharp reaction from the Opposition members who said that such a thing was not permitted.
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Seer who 'forecast' Digvijaya victory not allowed to end life
India | Jun 15, 2019, 10:18 AMSeer Bairagyanand Giri, who announced he would opt for 'samadhi' (live burial) after Congress leader Digvijaya Singh lost the Lok Sabha election to BJP's Sadhvi Pragya contrary to his prophecy, was on Friday denied permission by the administration to end his life voluntarily.
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Pragya Thakur expresses grief over killing of minor in Bhopal
India | Jun 09, 2019, 04:58 PMMember of Lok Sabha from this seat Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday expressed grief over the incident of abduction and killing of an eight-year-old girl here in Madhya Pradesh, and has directed to take strict action against the accused.
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Pragya Thakur appears before NIA court, says didn't know about Malegaon blast
India | Jun 07, 2019, 04:04 PMThe last time she had shown up in the court was during the framing of charges in the case in October last year. Special NIA Judge V S Padalkar last month directed all the accused, including Thakur, to appear before the court at least once a week.
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Pragya Thakur briefly hospitalised in Bhopal
India | Jun 06, 2019, 01:28 PMShe was hospitalised on Wednesday night and discharged early Thursday morning, her close aide Upma told PTI, adding that she would return to the hospital immediately after attending a programme.
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Modi's vision is Rashtra Dharma: Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur
India | May 24, 2019, 07:20 PMAccording to Thakur, "Every citizen has contributed to this election, whether it is the Dalit, the poor or others, who have lived a life of exploitation for the past 70 years. Because Modi has made a difference to their lives.
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