After a special NIA court acquitted all seven accused, including ex-BJP MP Pragya Thakur, in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Congress's conspiracy of Hindu terror has been destroyed." "It was a well-calculated conspiracy by Congress for sheer vote bank politics...We welcome the court's decision," he added. Notably, six people were killed in the blast.