Amid Godse Row, Pragya Thakur Takes Vow of Silence Till LS Results

Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, said she felt it was now time for some “soul searching”.

The BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur on Monday, 20 May, announced a vow of silence or "maun vrat” to atone for her remark hailing Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "deshbhakt". She will reportedly observe her vow for three days – till Thursday, 23 May, when the results for the Lok Sabha polls will be announced.

Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, said she felt it was now time for some "soul searching".

चुनावी प्रक्रियाओ के उपरान्त अब समय है चिंतन मनन का,
इस दौरान मेरे शब्दों से समस्त देशभक्तों को यदि ठेस पहुंची है तो मैं क्षमा प्रार्थी हूँ और सार्वजनिक जीवन की मर्यादा के अंतर्गत प्रयश्चित हेतु 21 प्रहर के मौन व कठोर तपस्यारत हो रही हूं।
हरिः ॐ

— Sadhvi Pragya Official (@SadhviPragya_MP) May 20, 2019