Uma Bharti not interested in Jhansi, wants to contest from Bhopal New Delhi: Bhopal is the new hotseat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) it seems. After party veteran LK Advani showed interest in the seat, Uma Bharti has now reportedly told the party leadership that she will like to contest from there. Uma Bharti has always been a powerful figure in Madhya Pradesh politics. She is the one who ended Congress leader Digvijaya Singhs ten years of rule in the state. But she had to quit in mid-2004 after a local court in Hubli in Karnataka summoned her in connection with the 1994 Idgah Maidan communal clash. After this, her downfall in Madhya Pradesh politics started. Her rival Shivraj Singh Chouhan took over as the chief minister in 2005 and Uma left the BJP to start her own party. Her party, however, failed to take off and she returned to the BJP via neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. In 2012 UP Assembly elections, Uma was projected as BJPs chief ministerial candidate. But, the party suffered a huge defeat and Uma had to be content with post of just an MLA. It is a known fact that Uma has been making a desperate attempt to return to her home state Madhya Pradesh. But, Chouhan is blocking her way. Chouhan does not want her to dominate the BJP in the state once again. After his objections, the BJP fielded her from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. Uma, however, denied the reports saying that she never desired to contest from Bhopal as reported in a section of the media.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:14:49 +0000
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