Sadhvi Pragya Thakur joins BJP, to contest against Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who formally joined the BJP, will contest against senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh from Bhopal parliamentary constituency, the BJP announced today. "I am ready (to fight the election). There are some formalities which will be completed very soon," she told ANI after the announcement. Sadhvi Pragya said she is confident of winning the elections against Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP and two time Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. The 2008 Malegaon blast accused had joined the BJP on Tuesday.