The VHP and the RSS have taken total charge of Pragya Thakur’s campaign in Bhopal and her campaign headquarters is located in the VHP office. Unlike a section of the BJP, the VHP does not feel the need to be apologetic about Thakur’s remarks against late Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare. Similarly, Sumitra Mahajan, who usually weighs her words carefully, and Poonam Mahajan seem to have been instructed to make statements justifying Thakur’s remarks. Both are furious, believing that Congress candidates in UP have harmed the gathbandhan more than the BJP. A miscalculation, since the video when loaded onto YouTube went viral and BJP sympathisers were quick to add laudatory captions.

Source: Indian Express May 04, 2019 21:26 UTC