12-09-2008, 11:17 PM
<b>Uma does a U-turn, will not go to Kedarnath</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Before the assembly elections, Uma had asserted that <b>she was interested only in defeating the BJP and fielded candidates in 226 out of 230 constituencies in the state, hoping that her party votes would damage BJP's chances in Madhya Pradesh.</b>
However, the BJS leader failed in preventing the BJP from coming to power in Madhya Pradesh for the second time in succession.
Her party won only five seats, signalling to her downfall that had began after she was expelled from the BJP, which bagged 143 seats in the polls.
Also, the firebrand leader lost the election from her constituency Tikamgarh by a margin of over 9,800 votes to Congress candidate and former minister Yadvendra Singh.
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But making a U-turn as is her wont, she said,<b> âIn the coming Lok Sabha polls, my party Bharatiya Janshakti Party would contest all the seats.â </b>
âBoth the BJP and Congress donât count in front of her party,â she added.
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However, the BJS leader failed in preventing the BJP from coming to power in Madhya Pradesh for the second time in succession.
Her party won only five seats, signalling to her downfall that had began after she was expelled from the BJP, which bagged 143 seats in the polls.
Also, the firebrand leader lost the election from her constituency Tikamgarh by a margin of over 9,800 votes to Congress candidate and former minister Yadvendra Singh.
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But making a U-turn as is her wont, she said,<b> âIn the coming Lok Sabha polls, my party Bharatiya Janshakti Party would contest all the seats.â </b>
âBoth the BJP and Congress donât count in front of her party,â she added.
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