{"id":58295,"date":"2019-12-14T18:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58295"},"modified":"2019-12-14T18:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:17:24","slug":"hc-junks-bjp-mp-pragya-singh-thakurs-application-on-plea-challenging-her-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-junks-bjp-mp-pragya-singh-thakurs-application-on-plea-challenging-her-election","title":{"rendered":"HC junks BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur&#8217;s application on plea challenging her election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sadhvi-pragya-charged-rss-worker-murder-case\/sadhvi-pragya-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?fit=191%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"191,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sadhvi Pragya\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?fit=108%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?fit=180%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?resize=191%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?w=191&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?resize=108%2C150&amp;ssl=1 108w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Sadhvi-Pragya.jpg?resize=180%2C250&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a>The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur&#8217;s application questioning maintainability of a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha from Bhopal.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, filed by Bhopal-based journalist Rakesh Dixit, alleged the controversial Hindutva leader, during campaigning, delivered speeches on religious lines, thus violating election norms.<\/p>\n<p>The high court has dismissed the application filed by Pragya Thakur over maintainability of election petition filed against her election to the Lok Sabha,&#8221; said advocate Arvind Shrivastava, who appeared for Dixit.<\/p>\n<p>He said the court rejected the objection raised by Thakur, who had questioned the authenticity of video tapes of her alleged hate speeches submitted by the petitioner as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>These speeches were given by Thakur during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Vishal Dhagat delivered the order on the respondent&#8217;s (Thakur) application on Friday, the counsel said.<\/p>\n<p>The HC had on November 30 reserved its order on the BJP lawmaker&#8217;s application challenging maintainability of the petition, he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the petition, Thakur allegedly delivered speeches on religious lines, thus violating provisions of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Dixit has filed the petition in his capacity as a voter registered in the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, won from Bhopal in May, defeating Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur&#8217;s application questioning maintainability of a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha from Bhopal. 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