New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti was appointed as the BJP vice-president on Saturday, days after she backed out from the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to go on a pilgrimage along the Ganga.
The 59-year-old spiritual leader-turned-politician’s appointment was among a slew of announcements made by Union Minister JP Nadda at a press conference held at the party’s New Delhi headquarters.
Bharti, a Member of Parliament from Jhansi, had said that she will not contest the upcoming elections in favour of undertaking an 18-month-long pilgrimage.
“I had announced this way back in 2016. If I had to fight, I would have contested from Jhansi. I can never change my constituency. People there are proud of me, and they consider me like their own daughter,” news agency PTI quoted her as saying on Friday.
However, she promised to campaign for the BJP until May.
Noteworthy, Union Minister Sushma Swaraj had also expressed her wish to refrain from contesting the Lok Sabha elections on grounds of ill-health.
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