New Delhi, April 28: With the Election Commission issuing a notice to BJP Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, Union Minister Uma Bharti has compared her with a great saint, while calling herself with an ordinary and foolish creature.

Expressing her opinion about the tainted leader, the Union Minister for Ganga Cleaning said to the media, "She is a great saint, don't compare me with her, I'm just an ordinary and foolish creature." She is not the first Union Minister to have come in support of the BJP Bhopal candidate. Earlier too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended Sadhvi Pragya's candidature by accusing Congress of spreading lies.  Sadhvi Pragya Insults 26/11 Martyr Hemant Karkare, Says 'He Died Because He Was Cursed'; Watch Video.

Slamming the Congress for accusing her in an allegedly false case, Sadhvi Pragya said, as India Today reports, "Congress is responsible for the injustice perpetrated against me and PM Modi. When Narendra Modi was Gujarat's chief minister, Congress accused him of various crimes but he was later proved innocent. In the same way, Congress has tortured me for nine years. Both Modiji and I have been tortured."

While PM Modi had said, "Congress follows a procedure to spread lies and accuses others without any proofs and substance in their accusations." Adding more, he said, "They approached the court against Sadhvi Pragya and the court said that she can contest the Lok Sabha election."

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