The BJP on Thursday barred its Lok Sabha MP from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, from attending any meeting of the parliamentary party and dropped her from the consultative committee on defence after she praised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.
The ruling party’s action against Ms. Thakur, who continues to be an accused in the Malegaon blast case, came amidst an Opposition uproar that prompted Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh, to assert that “the BJP’s philosophy had no place for any glorification of Godse”.
Punitive action
In damage control mode, BJP’s working president J.P. Nadda announced the disciplinary action against Ms. Thakur, who on Wednesday described the Mahatma’s assassin as a deshbhakt (patriot), while speaking in Parliament. Her remarks have been expunged.
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