Pragya Thakur

BJP serves show cause notice to Anantkumar Hegde over Mahatma Gandhi remarks; Congress demands sedition case against Lok Sabha MP

Hegde had questioned the freedom movement led by Gandhi, saying it was an 'adjustment' with the British, triggering a huge political row.

Kunal Kamra did nothing wrong by heckling Arnab Goswami, even though it isn't a significant act of subversion

Kunal Kamra vs Arnab Goswami: The bar for 'unacceptable behaviour' depends on which side of the establishment you're on

After Congress MLA's 'burning' threat, Pragya Singh Thakur responds with tweet about 1984 riots, slams Rahul for calling her terrorist

Pragya Singh Thakur stirred up a controversy after calling Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse 'a patriot'

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader files sedition complaint against Pragya Thakur for calling Nathuram Godse patriot

This comes a day after some Congress workers in Indore lodged a similar complaint against Thakur at Central Kotwali Police Station.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur tenders apology in LS for controversial remarks on Nathuram Godse, claims her comments 'were twisted'

Pragya Thakur said that her remarks have been twisted and her comments were in a different context

Parliament Winter Session Day 8: Godse was a patriot, says Pragya Thakur in Lok Sabha; Sitharaman defends Centre on economic slowdown in Rajya Sabha

On the eighth day of Winter Session, Parliament took up some key bills, including the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019. Rajya Sabha took up a short duration discussion on the economic situation and the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

Day after Pragya Singh calls Nathuram Godse a 'patriot' in Lok Sabha, BJP removes MP from parliamentary panel on defence after Opposition outrage

The Congress took strong objection to Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks and lashed out at the 'deplorable hate politics' of the BJP

BJP condemns Pragya Thakur’s remarks on Nathuram Godse; ‘She will be removed from consultative committee of defence’, says JP Nadda

BJP working president JP Nadda also recommended Thakur's removal from the consultative committee on defence, he said, 'We have decided that Thakur will not attend meetings of BJP parliamentary party during the session'

Malegaon blast-accused BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur nominated to 21-member Parliamentary Consultative Committee of defence ministry

Pragya Singh Thakur was nominated to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence on Thursday

Ahead of Ayodhya verdict, Narendra Modi appeals for restraint but past conduct of BJP fringe elements does not inspire confidence

It remains to be seen if the advisories by the prime minister and the top brass of the BJP and RSS succeed in reining in fringe right-wing elements.