Sadhvi Pragya ( File Photo/ IANS)

Bhopal: Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur arrives at the BJP office in Bhopal, on April 17, 2019. Thakur on Thursday joined BJP at the party office in Bhopal. According to reports, she also met former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other senior BJP leaders. (Photo: IANS)

Bhopal: BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal parliamentary constituency, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur will file her nomination from the seat on April 23.

“Since the Bharatiya Janata Party declared me as its candidate, I have started the poll campaign,” Thakur told reporters on Thursday, adding that she will file her nomination on April 23.

Thakur joined the BJP on Wednesday and, thereafter, the party announced her candidature. She is pitted against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh who will file his nomination on April 20.

Thakur is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon explosion case in which seven people were killed. She was in jail for nine years in this case and is presently out on bail.

Published on: April 18, 2019, 13:31 IST

IANS