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‘No Uma proposal to rejoin BJP’

Vadodara: Senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday denied reports of BJS chief Uma Bharti planning to rejoin the BJP.

“There is no proposal from Bhartiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharti to rejoin the BJP,” she said while claiming that BJS candidates were no contest to their BJP counterparts in the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this month.

“BJS candidates have failed to win a seat in the recent elections and their candidates contesting the Gujarat Assembly elections will meet a similar fate.” She said anti-incumbency factor would not play any role in Gujarat as people were satisfied with the work done by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Criticising the ad campaign launched by the Congress, she said it talks about water, power and road which had already been provided during Mr. Modi’s rule.

Ms. Swaraj said her party has not softened its stand on India-U.S. nuclear deal and if it came to power in the Centre, it would cancel the deal as it was against interests of the country.

On using services of Mr. Modi at the national level, she said the party wanted Mr. Modi to remain in Gujarat for completing the task assigned to him.

She also claimed that rebels including Keshubhai Patel, Suresh Mehta and others would not have any impact on the party’s fortune in the elections. In the past also, several rebels worked against the party in the polls but could not succeed in their design, she said. -- PTI

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