The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday rejected an application to bar Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting 2019 Lok Sabha polls. She is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Bhopal. The NIA said that it had no jurisdiction in the matter as contesting elections was unrelated to the case and it did not want to offer comments on the plea as it was related to the election and the election commission, according to The Times of India. “It (whether she can contest) can be decided by the EC only,” the NIA said.

Source: Huffington Post April 24, 2019 10:07 UTC