UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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<b>Uma bows out of UP polls for BJP </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, announced that the she would withdraw her Bhartiya Janshakti Party candidates from the polls. <b>Bharti’s decision will help the BJP in preventing division of votes, as she had fielded 72 candidates in the first two phases of elections and planned to contest in 132 seats more using the drum symbol.</b>

VHP leader Ashok Singhal had on Thursday requested Bharti to withdraw her candidates and help BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kalyan Singh <b>"in the larger interests of Hindus." Bharti and Singh belong to the Lodh community and BJP leaders hope that now votes from the community won’t get split.</b>

Bharti, who left the BJP after a fight with its top leaders, denied she was returning to the party. <b>"We are withdrawing candidates following Singhal’s appeal that division of Hindus should be avoided in the larger interest of the country, "</b> Bharti said at a press conference.

"There is no question of returning to the BJP. If the BJP fails to get clear majority in the election, it should accept that Hindu community has no faith in it," Bharti was quoted by PTI as saying
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Too late. She is doing after end of second phase of polling. Tubelight.
Or is it Govindacharya effect?