Pragya Singh Thakur

Pragya Singh Thakur (born 2 February 1970; better known as Sadhvi Pragya is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament who represented Bhopal and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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• I was summoned, arrested, and tortured. It destroyed my life. I was leading a spiritual life when I was wrongly accused. No one stood by us. I survived only because I am a Sanyasi.
  • Sadhvi Pragya spent nearly a decade in prison over allegations of owning the motorcycle used in Malegaon Blasts, now Court says there is no evidence of that at all 31 July, 2025

Quotes about Pragya Singh Thakur

• Several Hindus had gone already to jail in 2009, including a woman ascetic, Sadhvi Pragya and an army man, Colonel Purohit. Not for the Mumbai attack, because this was now not possible with the Pakistani Kasab in custody and his links to Pakistan unraveling, but for the blasts in Malegaon and Samjhauta Express. In spite of the media playing along with the narrative that probably Hindus were behind those attacks, there were many indications that those accused were framed. In 2017, after eight long, torturous years in jail, an ill Sadhvi Pragya and Colonel Purohit got finally out on bail. The army gave the Colonel a hero’s welcome. It showed that they never believed he was guilty. Though some charges were dropped, the case is still in court. Regarding another bomb blast in Hyderabad, only in April 2018 the Hindus accused were acquitted. The accusations against Hindus in those years of the UPA government were unproven, yet unrelenting. Since the Congress traditionally depended on Muslim votes, there may have been a temptation to play to the gallery.
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