Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has devised a strategy to counter Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Pragya Thakur from Bhopal. The BJP is presenting Thakur, who is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon terrorist bombings, not only in Bhopal but every seat of Madhya Pradesh as a symbol of Hindutva and nationalism. Thakur has been alleging that she was tortured during detention because of the Congress-led government wanted to prove its 'Hindu Terror' theory.
Singh, who is fighting the election that will decide his political future, soon realised that the development centric campaigning would not yield much results against BJP's aggressive Hindutva campaign.
Sources tell One India that Singh's political campaign managers advised him that he should send a message in Bhopal that he is not averse to Hinduism. It's notable that Singh still receives flak on the social media for terming Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden as "Osama Ji" and 26/11 mastermind Hafeez Saeed as "Hafeez Saab."
Singh quickly changed his strategy and started visiting Hindu temples regularly. He has told his supporters to change the general perspective that he is more close to Muslims than Hindus. According to sources, around 3000 Hindu saints are likely to campaign for Digvijaya Singh and many of them have already started campaigning under the leadership of Namdeo Tyagi alias Computer Baba.