Bhopal: As campaigning for sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections reaches its fag end, BJP’s Pragya Singh Thakur on Wednesday rode pillion on a motorbike to reach out to voters.

“I have launched the campaign on bike to cover a large section of voters whom I could not meet. I will ride pillion to reach out to voters living in lanes, by-lanes and inaccessible areas owing to my inability to walk,” Pragya told reporters after releasing her poll manifesto at BJP state headquarters. Bhopal goes to poll on May 12 in the third phase of polls in the state.

The BJP nominee, whose name was announced a month after Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh’s name for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, alleged that the wounds were inflicted on her at the behest of the erstwhile Congress-led UPA government.

“I will cover the entire constituency in the remaining three days,” Pragya told TOI before riding a pillion on motorcycle without wearing a helmet.

Senior leaders Om Mathur, state in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha have been managing Pragya’s campaign. Party leaders including former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, mayor Alok Sharma, all former and sitting MLAs have also been asked to ensure a direct booth-level contact with the voters. However, when compared to her rival Digvijaya Singh whose candidature was announced about a month back, Pragya has a larger chunk of the constituency uncovered. On the other hand, Digvijaya has already completed two rounds of campaigning of the Bhopal constituency, which has an electorate of around 21 lakh voters.

In the remaining time, Pragya aims to reach out to at least one lakh voters with door-to-door connect and street-corner poll meetings in both rural and urban pockets of Bhopal.