In what may come as a set back to Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP MP from Bhopal, the National Investigation Agency of Monday rejected her plea seeking exemption from appearing in court during the 2008 Malegaon blasts trial. Ms. Thakur, who defeated Congress leader Digvijay Singh from Bhopal, filed a plea seeking an exemption from appearing in court from June 3 to June 7 to complete her parliamentary procedures. However, special judge Vinod Padalkar rejected the plea and directed her to be present in court this week. On May 21, the court had granted exemption to Ms Thakur, Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit and Sudhakar Chaturvedi from appearing before it. On April 24, the court said it cannot stop Ms. Thakur from contesting the elections.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2019 13:41 UTC