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Modi told a TV channel during his last rally in Madhya Pradesh that he will never forgive BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for insulting Mahatma Gandhi by calling his assassin Nathuram Godse a true patriot.
Nitish Kumar, president of BJP's strong ally JD(U), made it clear that his party would not tolerate such things.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had won 27 seats in the state.
Thakur has issued two notices by the EC -- one for her remarks during a TV interview and another for making remarks against former ATS chief Hemant Karkare.
Digvijaya Singh contested and lost the Lok Sabha poll from Bhopal to BJP's Sadhvi Pragya Thakur.
The Commission served the notice even after she had withdrawn the remarks and asked why action should not be taken against her for breach of election code.
While defending the fielding of Thakur, who is on bail in the blast case, Modi asked why no such questions are being asked when Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are contesting from Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies, respectively, despite being on "bail".
Sadhvi Pragya has triggered outrage after her remark that 26/11 Mumbai terror attack martyr and former Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare died due to her curse.
Sadhvi Pragya, who is out on bail in the Malegaon blast case of 2008, has been fielded by the BJP from Bhopal constituency.
The EC Saturday had issued a show-cause notice to Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused currently out on bail, over her remark made during an interview to a news channel.
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