LS polls: Alok Sanjar files nomination as 'dummy' candidate from Bhopal

BHOPAL: Incumbent BJP MP,

Alok Sanjar

, filed his nomination as 'dummy' BJP candidate from Bhopal

Lok Sabha

seat here on Tuesday. Party's official candidate, Sadhvi Pragya, also filed her nomination on Tuesday.


Sanjar, filing his nomination assumes significance in the light of back-to-back notices served to Sadhvi Pragya by the Election Commission for inflammatory speeches. An FIR has also been lodged against her at the behest of Election Commission for her statement on the Babari Mosque demolition.

State BJP chief spokesperson, Depak Vijayvargiya, when asked why Sanjar was asked to file nomination by the party, said, "It is a normal process. One or more dummy candidates fill the form everywhere so that if the form of the official candidate is rejected on some technical ground or due to some legal hassle, you have an alternative candidate to fall back upon."

Veteran leader Digvijaya Singh is Congress party's candidate from Bhopal.