Will contest 2029 LS polls if BJP asks, but only from Jhansi: Uma Bharti

Bhopal, Oct 20 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has said she would contest the 2029 Lok Sabha polls if directed by the party, but only from Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh made the comments in a post on X on Sunday, tagging the central and MP leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"I have told media friends in Lalitpur that if the party asks, I will certainly contest the 2029 election, but only from the Jhansi Lok Sabha seat," Bharti said in the post.

Earlier, during an interaction with journalists in Lalitpur on Saturday, Bharti said that Bundelkhand, of which Jhansi is a part, was her "emotional home".

"I share a deep bond with its people. If the party asks, I will definitely contest," the former Union minister had told reporters.

Bharti, who won from Jhansi constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, said in August this year that she was not away from politics and would return to the electoral field at an appropriate time.

The BJP has won the Jhansi seat in the past three Lok Sabha elections.

The constituency is currently represented by BJP's Anurag Sharma, who is serving his second term as Member of Parliament. PTI LAL BNM GK