Raipur: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur was a 'habitual criminal' involved in incidents of stabbing in the state. "One person says that she (Pragya) had stabbed him in the chest. I also enquired with some other people. They told me that she used to live here with her brother-in-law. People also say she was involved in stabbing incidents," the Chief Minister told reporters here.

"This means that Pragya Thakur is a habitual criminal looking at her behaviour. She stabbed people here nineteen years ago, she was also involved in fights and used to quarrel over small things. She is of a quarrelsome nature from the beginning," he claimed.