Sadhvi Pragya’s Martyr Remark Personal, Maybe Due to Torture: BJP

The BJP on Friday, 19 April, distanced itself from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's controversial comment, that IPS officer Hemant Karkare died in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she had cursed him, saying it was her personal view which she might have made "due to years of physical and mental torture".

“The BJP believes that Karkare died while bravely fighting terrorists. The BJP has always considered him a martyr,” the party said in a damage-control exercise.