States » North » DIEPosted at: Apr 19 2019 12:14AM CPI backs Diggy in BhopalBhopal, Apr 18 (UNI) The Communist Party of India (CPI) announced on Thursday that it would not field any candidate in Bhopal parliamentary constituency so as to prevent vote splitting thereby paving the way for victory of Congress nominee and erstwhile Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh over sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur whose entry into the arena in her capacity as Bharatiya Janata Party aspirant exposed the saffron camp’s “basically fascist” character. “Our candidates are trying their fortune in Shahdol, Khargone, Balaghat and Sidhi. Ms Thakur was named in the Malegaon blasts and (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Pracharak) Sunil Joshi murder,” CPI state Secretary Arvind Shrivastava and leader Shailendra Kumar Shaili averred in a statement.UNI HLV-ACPlease log in to get detailed story.Tags: #CPI backs Diggy in Bhopal