Hindutva activist Pragya Singh Thakur, acquitted earlier this year in the Malegaon blast case, sparked outrage on Sunday at a Durga Vahini Shastra Pujan in Bhopal by urging Hindu women to avoid Muslim men and refuse household help from them, and by saying, “When the enemy (Muslims) comes, they should be cut in half.”
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the former BJP MP from Bhopal and a key accused who was acquitted in the Malegaon blasts, which killed six Muslim men and injured over 100 in a Muslim-majority area, sparked controversy again with her remarks at a Durga Vahini event.
“There is no brother-sister bond in Miyas [a derogatory term for Muslims]. If they don’t respect their own sisters, how can they respect you as their sister? Don’t ever become sisters of Muslims,” she said.
“When our daughters are abducted and their bodies are thrown on the road, it causes immense pain. To release that pain, when the enemy comes, they should be cut in half,” she urged.
Thakur urged women to take practical vows to keep Muslim men out of their homes, advising them not to allow men for tasks such as light fitting, water-tap repair, or driving vehicles.
She also suggested avoiding food from Muslim-run shops near temples and said groups should identify such shops, adding, “Once such Vidharmis selling prasad near our temples are caught, they should be thrashed and handed over to law enforcement.”
At the event, she also criticized India’s first prime minister without naming him, calling his leadership a mistake.
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