Hours after EC ban, Sadhvi Pragya gets notice for defying order

BHOPAL: The BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate

Pragya Singh Thakur

has replied to an Election Commission notice denying charges that she campaigned despite a 72-hour ban that ended Sunday morning.


Thakur was earlier issued notices for claiming that former Maharashtra ATS chief

Hemant Karkare

died in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack because of her "curse" and also for stating that she had participated in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

The latest notice was served to her on Friday night after the Congress complained that pamphlets in her favour were distributed while she visited temples during the time she was banned from electioneering.

District returning officer Sudam Khade said on Sunday that he had received Thakur's reply which has been forwarded to MP chief electoral officer VL Kantha Rao for a decision.

In her reply on Saturday evening, Thakur has denied the charges of the Congress that she campaigned during the 3- day ban period, Khade said. "Those who are trying to stop me from going to temples should think about their lives, Thakur said.