Election 2019

MP CM Kamal Nath calls for legal action against Pragya Thakur over Godse remark

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Indore | Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said legal action should be taken against BJP’s Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse a “patriot”.

He said her statement reflected the BJP’s way of thinking.

“Now BJP will condemn it. But this is BJP’s old style. First it makes its leaders give controversial statement and later condemns it. The people of the country must take cognisance of this. This shows the level of flaw in their thinking,” Nath told reporters.

Expressing displeasure over Thakur’s remark, he said, “Legal action should be taken against her for stating so about our father of the nation.”

Thakur is contesting the Lok Sabha polls against former chief minister and Congress candidate Digvijay Singh.

Nath also questioned Election Commission’s decision to cut short the campaign period in West Bengal.

“This decision is a result of the tie-up between the Centre and the EC. The ruling BJP should admit that it has a pact with the political parties as well as the EC,” he said.

Referring to former MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s allegations that the Congress has failed to fulfil its important promise of waiving farmers’ loans, he said, “I don’t need a certificate from Shivraj Singh on the issue, but I need it from the people of the state.”

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Kamal Haasan asks party cadre to maintain decorum, not to be drawn into violence

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Chennai | Amid incidents such as hurling of stones and footwear during his bypoll campaign, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Thursday asked his fans to be maintain decorum and “not to be drawn into the violence”.

Haasan had stoked a controversy on Sunday by saying “free India’s first extremist was a Hindu”, referring to Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi.

“Dear MNM family and fans, this is an acid test for our decorum and demeanour. Do not listen to their noises and be drawn into their violence,” he said in a tweet.

“They are extremists who are slighted by the Truth. Naalai Namadhey! (Tomorrow belongs to us), ” he added.

While footwear was thrown during the actor’s bypoll campaign at Thirupparankundram in Madurai on Wednesday, stones and eggs were hurled during a public meeting on Thursday at Aravakurichi in Karur district by unidentified persons.

MNM workers had allegedly beaten up the persons suspected to have thrown stones and eggs.

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