Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president and former Chief Minister of state Uma Bharti asserted that she would never contest assembly elections in future.
On the occasion of her birthday, on Friday, Bharti (52) made it clear that in future she would never contest assembly elections, and if party asks her to contest parliamentary election, her choice of constituency would be Amroha parliamentary seat of neighboring Uttar Pradesh.
A large number of her supporters, friends and well-wishers gathered at her Shyamla Hills residence to greet her on the occasion.
Uma said that she did not want to celebrate her birthday on account of the death of Sarabjit Singh, but her supporters had organised the celebrations for her. She is presently a member of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly from the Charkhari constituency.
Uma, talking to the media persons later in the day, said that she would not contest assembly elections in the future and would contest only parliamentary elections. She said that in most probabilities she would contest the next general elections from Amroha parliamentary constituency of UP, the state from where she is an MlA.Uma further said that she is into national politics and has to devote her maximum time in Delhi; Amroha, being just an hour run from there, would be easy to remain in touch with the constituency while being in Delhi.