Uma Bharti On Contesting Elections

BJP leader and Union Minister Uma Bharti on Sunday said it is for LK Advani to clear the "mist", after the veteran leader was not named as a party candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, and asserted that his stature was not affected by contesting or not contesting any poll.

Union Minister Uma Bharti was appointed as the BJP vice-president today, days after she decided against contesting the Lok Sabha elections to go on a pilgrimage along the Ganga.

Close on the heels of Union Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announcing her hiatus from electoral politics, a cabinet colleague - Uma Bharti - today said that she will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls either.

Two days after union minister Uma Bharti announced that she would take a break from electoral politics for three years due to health problems, there seems to be more to her decision than medical grounds.

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said she will not contest any elections in the future though she will continue to work for the party.

Uma Bharti, BJP leader, is "very keen" to run against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said yoga guru Ramdev today. That may be a little bit of projection - while Ramdev has been lobbying for the contest, Uma Bharti herself said today, "Ramdev is like a guru and younger brother to me. His proposal is for the BJP, the party has to give a reply."

BJP leader and Union Minister Uma Bharti on Sunday said it is for LK Advani to clear the "mist", after the veteran leader was not named as a party candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, and asserted that his stature was not affected by contesting or not contesting any poll.

Union Minister Uma Bharti was appointed as the BJP vice-president today, days after she decided against contesting the Lok Sabha elections to go on a pilgrimage along the Ganga.

Close on the heels of Union Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announcing her hiatus from electoral politics, a cabinet colleague - Uma Bharti - today said that she will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls either.

Two days after union minister Uma Bharti announced that she would take a break from electoral politics for three years due to health problems, there seems to be more to her decision than medical grounds.

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said she will not contest any elections in the future though she will continue to work for the party.

Uma Bharti, BJP leader, is "very keen" to run against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said yoga guru Ramdev today. That may be a little bit of projection - while Ramdev has been lobbying for the contest, Uma Bharti herself said today, "Ramdev is like a guru and younger brother to me. His proposal is for the BJP, the party has to give a reply."