Pragya Thakur is BJP's candidate from Bhopal parliamentary constituency. She is facing-off against veteran Congress leader Digvijay Singh. Pragya Thakur's presence in election ring raised many eyebrows mostly because of her recent controversial statements about 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare and Nathram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. Pragya Thakur was born in Bhind in Madhya Pradesh. She studied in Lahar College in Bhind. She has worked with Bajrang Dal, Durga Vahini, Akhil Bharatiya Parishad. Pragya Thakur was arrested on terror charges in connection with Malegaon bomb blasts. However, changes under MCOCA were dropped later on.
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"These are fake people. The people know everything. They know the difference between a saint and the devil,” Thakur said when asked about her opponent.
Digvijaya Singh has been fielded by the Congress party from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency against Malegaon blasts-accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel claimed on Sunday that Pragya Singh Thakur used to ride motorcycle wearing jeans and T-shirt and cannot be called a 'sadhvi' because she now dons saffron robes.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday barred Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, Pragya Singh Thakur, from campaigning for 72 hours starting 6 am on May 2.
Bhopal has been in the news for Pragya Thakur's candidature.
Decision to provide Z-category security to Pragya Thakur was taken after a man approached her with a black flag while she was filing nomination papers
BJP's candidate from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, Pragya Singh Thakur filed her response to the plea by the father of a deceased victim in the 2008 Malegaon terror blast seeking to bar her from contesting the ongoing elections and dubbed the petition as "frivolous"
"We do not regret but are proud of demolishing the Babri Masjid. We removed the waste from our Lord Ram's temple," she said in a TV interview.
Addressing BJP workers in Bhopal on Thursday night, Thakur had claimed that Karkare died during the attacks as she "cursed" him for torturing her.
Pragya Thakur had earlier said that martyr Hemant Karkare died because of her curse. Karkare had died fighting terrorist Ajmal Kasab during 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
BJP candidate Pragya Thakur kicked-up a controversy with her comments on 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare. The BJP said Pargya Thakur may have said such a thing due to years of "mental and physical torture".
Bhopal, Oct 25 : Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has said that by defending RSS leader Indresh Kumar, whose name figures in the 2007 Ajmer blast chargesheet, the BJP has again proved its close ties
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