For Insulting Mahatma Gandhi, 50 MP’s Criticized Pragya Thakur – Writes Letter To Speaker

Mumbai: The Congress along with the other opposition parties is gathering signatures seeking to censure Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her objectionable comments on Mahatma Gandhi assassination in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

As many as 50 MP’s of parliament including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Dayanidhi Maran, Manicka Tagore, and NK Premachandran have given a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to censure BJP MP Pragya Thakur for “insulting Mahatma Gandhi.”

The letter states that “House resolves to censure Pragya Thakur for having insulted Mahatma Gandhi by calling Nathuram Godse a ‘Deshbhakt’ in the House.” As she was “expunged” By the records, the speaker Birla earlier today said that no debate will be held on the remark made by Thakur on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.

“What she (BJP MP Pragya Thakur) said has been expunged from the record. How can there be a debate if it is not on record?” said Om Birla.

The Speaker’s clarification came when Congress leader in the Lok Sabha raked up the issue.

Thakur, BJP MP from Bhopal, had triggered an uproar during a discussion in the lower house on Wednesday when she interrupted DMK leader A Raja’s speech during a discussion on the Special Protection Group (Amendment ) Bill and praised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse.

However, later on, she claimed that she was referring to Udham Singh. Speaker Om Birla expunged Thakur’s remark from the record but opposition members protested outside the House.

Meanwhile, cracking the whip on Ms Thakur, BJP working president J.P. Nadda said that she would be removed from the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Defence.

Reacting to the controversy, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet: “Terrorist Pragya calls terrorist Godse a patriot. A sad day, in the history of India’s Parliament.”

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