Congress MLA threatens to burn alive Pragya; apologises

An MLA of ruling Congress in Mhya Presh has threatened to burn alive BJP Lok Sabha MP Pragya Singh Thakur, facing flak for her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, if she entered his constituency.

MLA, Govardhan Dangi, issued threat on Thursday but apologized on Friday for his controversial remark, saying it was a mistake. Congress MLA from Biaora in Rajgarh district said he firmly believes in Gandhian principle of n-violence. After staging a protest at Biaora, about 115km from Bhopal, on Thursday against Thakur's comment in Lok Sabha, Dangi told reporters, "thing can be more disgusting than praising Mahatma Gandhi's assassin.

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"We criticised her...t only burnt her effigy but if she comes here we will burn her too, said MLA, whose statement went viral on social media. After controversy erupted over his statement, Dangi told media he follows Mahatma Gandhi's principles. I meant to say that people of Rajgarh district will boycott her. re was some mistake in speaking. We are followers of Mahatma Gandhi's n-violence... I apologize for it, Dangi said on Friday.

state Congress distanced itself from Dangis statement. We follow Far of Nation's n-violence doctrine. MLA realised his mistake and apologised, said state Congress spokesman Pankaj Chaturvedi.

Thakur's praise of Godse in Lok Sabha on Wednesday has stirred a political storm with Congress on Thursday staging protests in several towns in Mhya Presh, including Bhopal, her constituency. Bhopal MP on Friday tendered an apology in Lok Sabha but said her remarks on Godse have been twisted. She said her comments were in a different context.

During Lok Sabha election campaign, Thakur, an accused in 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, h kicked up a row by describing Godse as a "patriot". She later apologised for her comment. 

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