The Election Commission on Wednesday barred BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur from campaigning for three days for violating the Model Code of Conduct.
She has been banned for her comments against slain IPS officer Hemant Karkare and on the demolition of the Babri Masjid. The ban would come into force from 6 am on Thursday.
Reacting on the EC’s decision, Thakur, who is contesting against Congress’s Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal, said, “I respect the decision of the Election Commission.”
BJP candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur on EC banning her from campaigning for 3 days: Koi baat nahi, main toh uska samman karti hoon. pic.twitter.com/TbUxxk2dmO
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2019
Thakur also said she would appeal the decision. “I will abide by the law. Legal experts are looking into the EC decision. I will appeal against the same,” she said.
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Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur on April 21 had said that she is ‘proud’ to accept that she was involved in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
She had also said Karkare, the senior police officer who was killed in the terrorist attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, died as she ‘cursed’ him for torturing her.
Bhopal will go to polls on May 12, and results for all the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be announced on May 23.