Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLC Prakash Gajbhiye on Wednesday protested against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Thakur over her remarks against 26/11 terror attack martyr Hemant Karkare.
Amid the ongoing Maharashtra legislature monsoon session, the NCP leader dressed up in a police uniform while holding a pamphlet which read: “It is superstitious to believe that I died because Sadhvi Pragya cursed me. I sacrificed my life for the nation”.
Karkare was the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief when he was killed in action during the Mumbai terror attack on November 26, 2008. Pragya Thakur had said that Hemant Karkare died after she cursed him for wrongfully arresting and accusing her.
Also Read - Congress Leader Vijay Wadettiwar Appointed As New LoP In Maha Assembly
Maharashtra ATS had arrested Pragya Thakur for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon blast. Sadhvi Pragya’s objectionable remarks against Karkare ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections invited huge criticism from the opposition as well as civil societies. Later, Thakur was elected as an MP from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.