Days after the BJP announced the candidature of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from Bhopal, an application has been filed before the NIA court in Mumbai on Thursday seeking a bar on her contesting the Lok Sabha poll.
Malegaon blast victim’s father approaches NIA court to bar Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from contesting Lok Sabha poll
Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/hJuDNnAjsB pic.twitter.com/aXATqXy1qN
— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) April 18, 2019
The BJP pitted her from Bhopal seat in Madhya Pradesh against Congress leader Digvijay Singh.
The applicant, father of Malegaon blast victim, has questioned Thakur’s candidature citing that she had got bail on the ground of her poor health.
“That intervener would further submit that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur got bail on health ground but clearly healthy enough to fight elections in the crippling summer heat which means she has misguided the court,” says applicant Sayyed Bilal in his petition.
Whereas, the NIA will file its reply on April 23 when the court is also likely to hear the petition. Pragya will file her nomination on the same day.
Meanwhile, a complaint also has been filed with the Election Commission against her candidature.
Tehseen Poonawalla files complaint with Election Commission against candidature of Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal Parliamentary constituency by BJP for #LokSabhaElections2019 ; “requests EC to debar her from contesting elections as she is a terror accused”. pic.twitter.com/hCyfeSgFnX
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2019
ALSO READ: Criminal complaint filed in Delhi court against Rahul Gandhi
Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal lost his son Sayyed Azhar Nisar Ahmed on the spot in Malegaon blast that took place on September 29, 2008.
Thakur is among seven accused facing trial in Malegaon blast case, in which six people were killed and a dozen others were injured when a bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded in Maharashtra’s Malegaon on September 29, 2008.
Polling in Madhya Pradesh will be held in the last four phases of elections, ending on May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.