Sadhvi Pragya: From blast-accused to Digvijaya Singh's opponent in Bhopal

Pragya belongs to Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh where her father was an ayurvedic doctor. Her father who also was a member of RSS and that brought her close to right-wing ideology

After a month of dilly-dallying, the BJP has decided to field Pragya Singh Thakur, aka Sadhvi Pragya, from the high-profile Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency. She will take on Congress veteran and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh.

However, she was not the obvious choice for the party. First Uma Bharati and then Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared that they won’t contest from Bhopal. The party was in a dilemma when Pragya Singh Thakur’s name surfaced. Thakur boasted on Wednesday, “Hum Yeh Dharmyuddh jeetenge (We will win this crusade).”

Thakur came into the limelight in 2008 when she was apprehended for