Sources stated that bjp has announced candidates for lok sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. In this, some faces were repeated and some faces were changed. At the same time, Pragya Thakur's name is not in this list. bjp has canceled his ticket. Alok Sharma has been given ticket from Bhopal. pragya thakur is mp from Bhopal. pragya thakur has been in controversies due to her statements during her parliamentary tenure. It is being told that the central leadership is unhappy with Pragya due to her statements.
Meanwhile 54 year old pragya thakur is also known as Sadhvi Pragya. In 2019, bjp gave him ticket from Bhopal. bjp had fielded him against senior congress leader and former cm Digvijay Singh. Living up to the party's expectations, Pragya defeated Digvijay Singh by a huge margin. Former cm Pragya had won by 3,64,822 votes.
Moreover Pragya was included in the 21-member Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defense by bjp in 2019, but after one of her statements, she was shown the way out of this committee. He had called Nathu ram Godse a patriot in the parliament House. Which was not only criticized by the opposition but within seven days Pragya was removed from the defense committee. Apart from this, he was also not allowed to participate in the parliamentary party meeting of BJP. Pragya had also become a victim of criticism within the party for this statement. Even PM Modi had strongly condemned it. PM Modi had said in a strict tone that even though Pragya has accepted the apology, I will never be able to forgive her from my heart.
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