Sadhvi Pragya: A blast accused, 'deep saffron' & BJP bet against Digvijaya

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. Thakur came into the limelight in 2008 when she was apprehended for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts. She was apprehended after a special court had framed charges against Thakur, Lieutenant-Colonel Prasad Purohit and five others for terror activities, criminal conspiracy, and murders.