BJP leader and Union Minister Uma Bharti and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh
BJP leader and Union Minister Uma Bharti, who had succeeded Digvijaya Singh as Chief Minister after the BJP dislodged the Congress in Madhya Pradesh in the year 2003, said any BJP candidates from Bhopal seat can defeat him in these Lok Sabha polls.
In her tweet, she also said that her part in defeating him had ended in 2003 after she dethroned him as the Chief Minister of the state.
"In Bhopal, Alok Sanjar, Krishna Gaur, Rameshwar Sharma, Shailendra Sharma, Alok Sharma, Bhagwan Das Sabnani or Vishwas Sarang - all those tipped as possible contenders - were enough to defeat Digvijaya Singh and that her role had ended in 2003."
Before Uma Bharti, the Congress was in the power since 1993 in Madhya Pradesh.
In the series of her tweets Uma also said that the party's Parliamentary Board will decide whom to contest from Bhopal seat. She had earlier announced her decision not to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
"I do not have the authority to select the party nominee from Bhopal. This decision will be taken by the party's Parliamentary Board. However, it must be noted that it will not be difficult at all to defeat Digvijaya Singh." she said in another tweet.
Reminding about the history, she named a few incidences where BJP candidates had defeated Congress' leaders.
"Let me remind of the past. Madhya Pradesh's then Chief Minister Kailash Nath Katju was defeated by the BJP's Laxminarayan Pande in the Assembly poll. (Current Lok Sabha Speaker) Sumitra Mahajan had defeated former Chief Minister P.C. Sethi in Indore in 1989. Then (Chief Minister) Arjun Singh had lost to Kushwaha in Satna and to Sartaj Singh in Hoshangabad," she tweeted.
