Truth and religion always win, says Pragya

Bhopal, Apr 24 Reacting to a court ruling which rejected the demand that she be banned from contesting polls, Malegaon blast accused and BJP Lok Sabha applicant Pragya Singh Thakur Wednesday said "truth and religion" always win.

A special court for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases in Mumbai Wednesday dismissed the application documented by the dad of a casualty of the 2008 Malegaon shoot looking to banish Thakur from challenging the Lok Sabha election.

"Truth will be truth. Truth and dharm (religion) always triumph," Thakur, who is challenging the Lok Sabha decision from Bhopal against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, told reporters here.

Nisar Sayyad, who lost his son in the impact, had moved the court a week ago.

Dismissing his application, exceptional judge V S Padalkar said the NIA court was not the correct discussion for the supplication.

Thakur's lawyer J P Mishra submitted in the court that she was battling the election for the "cause for philosophy and for the "purpose of the country" and "to condemn the people who say there is Hindu terrorism".

Sayyad had said that Thakur got bail (from the high court) on health grounds, however in the event that she was healthy enough to contest election, then she has misled the court.

Thakur's lawyer, in any case, said her condition had improved yet she had not completely recuperated.

Six people were killed and more than 100 injured in an blast at Malegaon, a commonly sensitive town in north Maharashtra's Nashik district, on September 29, 2008.

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad captured Thakur and others in the case, alleging they were part of a Hindu extremist group which carried out the blast.

Thakur is facing trial in the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.