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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Suchandana Gupta | TNN

Madhya Pradesh: Uma Bharti signals comeback, wants to contest in 2024

BHOPAL: Former chief minister Uma Bharti on Monday indicated she will return to electoral politics. Bharti, who did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, has said she will contest in 2024 but hasn’t mentioned any constituency of preference.

She was elected to Lok Sabha four times from Khajuraho from 1989 to 1998. Then, she represented Bhopal from 1999 till she became chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2003. In 2014, she contested from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. Khajuraho is presently represented by state BJP president V D Sharma and Bhopal by Pragya Singh Thakur. Anurag Sharma is the BJP MP from Jhansi.

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