PM Narendra Modi backs selection of Pragya Singh Thakur as BJP's candidate from Bhopal

"Those who are facing such serious charges were never questioned. Therefore this talk should be ended. Those who have been convicted by the courts, people go and hug them, meet them in jail, meet them when they are shifted to hospitals, can they preach? Should the Amethi and Rae Bareli candidates who are out on bail not be questioned? But a Bhopal BJP candidate is out on bail and is fighting elections, there is a huge hue and cry," Modi told Times Now.

Modi targeted the Congress and said the Rahul Gandhi-led party works with a certain "modus operandi" to create false narratives on several issues including the death of judge BH Loya.

"A woman, a sadhvi was tortured like this, no one raised a finger. I have lived in Gujarat, I understand the modus operandi of Congress," Modi told the news channel.

"Like a film script, Congress works to build a narrative. They will pick something, add something to it, add a villain to the story to build a false script for propaganda. In Gujarat, whatever encounters used to take place, they would prepare a script accordingly. In Judge Loya case, he died a natural death but the same modus operandi was used to build a narrative that he was killed,"  he said.

Pragya joined the BJP this week.

She has been fielded against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.