‘Your Old Age & Next Birth Will Get Spoiled’: Pragya Thakur To ‘Ravana’, ‘Adharmi’ Who Shot Viral Kabaddi Video

Reacting over her viral Kabaddi video, Pragya Singh said: “It was Ravana among you, some Sindhi brother... someone who is a big enemy (of mine)”. She also refers to the person as ‘adharmi’.

New Delhi: Bhopal’s BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur dubbed the person who shot and circulated her recent viral Kabaddi video as “Ravana”, commenting that his old age and next birth will get spoiled if he doesn't mend his ways.

Pragya Thakur who obtained bail in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on medical grounds, is mostly seen on a wheelchair. However, recently, a video of her playing Kabaddi went viral on social media attracting the opposition’s ire.

Pragya Thakur was on Friday night speaking at a Dussehra programme in Bhopal’s Sant Nagar (Bairagarh), a Sindhi community-dominated area, when she brought up the issue of the Kabaddi video.

“I went for offering aarti (at a Durga pandal) two days back, when some sportsmen playing on a ground requested me to conduct a (kabaddi) raid. A small clip of this was captured and shown in the media,” she said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

“If someone fretted and fumed, it was Ravana among you, some Sindhi brother... someone who is a big enemy (of mine). I am not his enemy, but he considered me as his enemy. I don't know what precious thing I snatched from him... But Ravana can be anywhere,” she added.

She further commented: “I am telling the person, whose sanskaras have got spoiled, to mend them. If you don't, your old age and next birth will also get spoiled because whenever anyone has clashed with the patriots, revolutionaries and above all saints, neither Ravana or Kansa survived, nor will the ‘adharmi’ or ‘vidharmi’ of the present be saved”.

The BJP Bhopal MP asserted that her ‘tapasya’ (penance) and meditation was for the public.

The viral video showed Pragya Thakur playing a game of kabaddi on the premises of a Kali temple.

However, this is not the first time when allegations pertaining to health have surrounded the BJP leader who infamously called Nathuram Godse a “deshbhakt” (patriot).

Earlier, another video of her taking part in a Garba dance during the Navratri festival had emerged.

In July, a video of the Bhopal MP walking and dribbling a ball before netting it in a basketball hoop, had gone viral on social media.   

Her elder sister Upma Thakur had earlier stated that she suffers from a spine problem, which can give trouble to her any time.

“You never know at which moment it can create problems for her. There is a problem with her L4 and L5 bones (vertebrae) as they got dislocated because ATS Maharashtra (investigators) threw her on the floo,” she claimed, as quoted by PTI.

“Whenever these problems occur, the lower portion (of her body) is left with no sensation....It can happen even when she sits or gets down from a vehicle,” Upma had said.

Meanwhile, Congress leaders have been taking a swipe at Pragya Thakur when her viral videos emerged. They accused her of having many faces as sometimes she is seen in a wheelchair, sometime she plays Garba and kabaddi too.

Previously, Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, had filed an application in court seeking permanent exemption from personal appearance on medical and other grounds.