Rana Ayyub attempted to equate convicted Islamic terrorist Yasin Bhatkal and Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who is incidentally still an accused and was given a clean chit by NIA in a case and was a victim of severe brutality
While the opposition and media slammed the BJP's decision to field Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who is still an accused in the court case where the NIA has already given her a clean-chit, their silence when convicts like Sanjay Dutt are actively campaigning for a Congress candidate was questioned by many on social media.
Sadhvi Pragya's 2016 bail application in the Bombay High Court cites her age as 44. Which means that she would at least have been born in 1972 at least.
Sadhvi Pragya's allegations of brutal custodial torture are being paid no heed as her candidature for the Lok Sabha election appears more alarming to some.
While defending the fielding of Pragya Singh Thakur, who is on bail in the blast case, PM Modi asked why no such questions are being asked when Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are contesting from Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies, respectively, despite being on "bail".