Unhappy Uma Bharti reacts after not being invited to BJP’s mega yatra in Bhopal

Uma Bharti, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, has expressed her disappointment on not being invited by the party for its ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, flagged off by BJP national president JP Nadda in Bhopal. “Maybe they (BJP leaders) are nervous that if I am there, then entire public attention will be on me,” the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister told reporters on Sunday

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti(File picture)

Claiming that the BJP's victory over the Congress under her leadership in 2003, Bharti said, “If Jyotiraditya Scindia helped them form the government in 2020, even I helped them form a bigger majority government in 2003."

The 64-year-old BJP firebrand, however, said, "I love him (Scindia) as my nephew. But at least I was worthy of being invited to the yatra launch, even though I wouldn't have gone there." The BJP leader also asserted that she would continue to campaign for the party in the coming polls.