Srinagar: If Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal and an accused in the Malegaon blast case, is fit to contest election, she is fit to be in jail, NC vice-president Omar Abdullah.
“We are getting to hear new things from the BJP every time. First, they tried to fight elections on Balakot and Pulwama (attacks). Then, they tried speaking about development and when people did not digest it, they tried the religion card,” the National Conference leader said.
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Omar Abdullah, who was talking to reporters after casting his vote, along with his father Farooq Abdullah, from Srinagar parliamentary constituency, said he hoped that the court hearing the case would cancel Thakur’s bail. “They know they will not get votes with mandir-masjid (Ayodhya issue), so they gave the mandate from Bhopal to a person who is an accused in a terror case and is out on bail citing poor health.
I hope the court which gave her bail cancels it as if she is fit enough to contest (election), she is fit to be in jail,” he added. The NC leader, whose father is the party’s candidate from Srinagar, said these elections have been significantly different from the 2017 by-elections that Abdullah Senior had won.
