2008 Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya joins BJP

Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party office here Thursday.

“I have formally joined the BJP; I will contest the elections and win,” she told the media.

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Sadhvi Pragya was charged in the Malegaon blasts that killed seven people in Maharashtra in September 2008. She spent nine years in jail in connection with the case and is presently out on bail.

IANS