Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Monday stirred another controversy suggesting that opposition was resorting to black magic against the ruling party leaders. The Bhopal lawmaker alleged that the Opposition is using a ‘marak shakti’ (killing power) to harm BJP leaders,adding the ‘evil power’ was behind the recent deaths of former Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. BJP veteran Arun Jaitley died on August 24 andSwaraj on August 6.

“While I was contesting (Lok Sabha) elections, a Maharaj jitold me that bad times are upon us and Opposition is up to something using some‘ marak shakti’ against BJP. I later forgot what he said but now when I see ourtop leaders leaving us one by one, I am forced to think, wasn’t Maharaj jiright?” the BJP MP said.She was addressing a condolence meeting at the stateBJP office to pay tributes to Jaitley and former Madhya Pradesh chief ministerBabulal Gaur. The latter died on August 20.

This is not the first time that Malegaon blast case accused hascreated a controversy with her statement. Here are earlier instances when she made controversial statements”.

1. She created a controversy on the first day of 17th Lok Sabha Monday when she suffixed the name of her spiritual guru with hers while taking oath, drawing objections from the Opposition.

2. . She told a group of BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh thatshe hasn’t been elected to clean drains or toilets of her voters. “I am honestly doing whatever I have been chosen for,” she said. This was despite prime minister narendra Modi’s cal for making cleanliness drive a movement.

3. Immediately after joining the BJP, she said Mumbai ATSchief Hemant Karkare was killed during 26/11 attack because of her curse.Karkare was part of the team that questioned her in a terror case.

4. The BJP MP also trigged a political controversy for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot. She was served ashow cause notice for the statement and later apologised.