Mamata Banerjee has gone mad says BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur

    Sehore (MP), Dec 13 (PTI) BJP MP Pragya Thakur on
Sunday hit out at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over
the attack on BJP president J P Nadda's convoy in West Bengal,
and claimed the Trinamool Congress leader has gone mad.
    "She (Mamata Banerjee) has come to understand that
this is India and not Pakistan. Hindus are prepared to protect
India. They will give a befitting reply (to her). BJP will win
the Assembly polls in that state and there will be a Hindu raj
in West Bengal," Thakur told reporters here.
    "She is frustrated because she has realised that her
rule is about to end," the BJP MP said. "She has gone mad,"
Thakur added.
    In other controversial remarks, the Lok Sabha member
from Bhopal cited dharmashastras (religious texts), claiming a
'shudra' (fourth and lowest of the traditional varnas as per
these scriptures) feels bad for lack of understanding.
    "A kshatriya doesn't feel bad if we call them
kshatriya. A brahmin doesn't feel bad if we call them brahmin.
A vaishya doesn't feel bad if we call them vaishya. But a
shudra feels bad if we call them shudra, what is the reason?
Because they don't understand," Thakur said.
    The BJP MP is no stranger to courting controversies.
    The 2008 Malegaon blast accused, who defeated former
MP chief minister Digvijaya Singh by over 3.64 lakh votes in
the 2019 Lok Sabha election, has regularly remained in the
news for her provocative statements.
    Despite a reprimand in May last year by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Thakur continues make controversial remarks on
sensitive topics.
    Thakur referred to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram
Godse as a deshbhakt (patriot) during a debate in Lok Sabha,
triggering a protest by opposition members.
    Modi later remarked that while she may have apologised
for her comments, he would personally never be able to forgive
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