Bhopal, April 22: Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, on Monday filed her nomination papers from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh. Pragya Singh Thakur, who is contesting 2019 Lok Sabha election on BJP's ticket, will take on Congress veteran and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh. The BJP declared Thakur's candidature hours after she joined the party on April 17.

Thakur, who is out on bail after serving over nine years in jail in connection with the September 29, 2008 blast in Maharashtra's Malegaon in which six people were killed and nearly 100 injured, said that she would "fight against those who are conspiring against the nation." "I will bring honour to saffron," she said soon after her name was announced as a candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Bhopal Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh: Candidates, Current MP, Polling Date And Election Results 2019.

Bhopal is a bastion of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh as the party has been winning the seat continuously since 1989. The last Congress MP elected from Bhopal was K N Pradhan in 1984. Pradhan had defeated Laxminarayan Sharma of the BJP by over 1 lakh votes. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule.

Lok Sabha elections will be held in Madhya Pradesh in four phases on April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Bhopal Lok Sabha seat will go to polls on May 12. The results will be declared on May 23.

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