Uma Bharti's comeback will help BJP in UP polls: Sumitra Mahajan

The re-induction of firebrand Hindutva leader, Uma Bharti into the BJP will benefit the party in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, due next year, a senior party leader said.

Welcoming Bharti's comeback to the BJP, Indore MP and former Union minister, Sumitra Mahajan told PTI in Indore that the decision will benefit the party in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls due next year.

"Her excellent oratorical skills and capability to work hard will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh," Mahajan said.

The senior BJP leader dismissed fears that her re-entry into the party will affect the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh and added that BJP government in the state is doing well under his leadership and there is no dispute in the party on the issue.

She said that Bharti will follow the party discipline and will work for the party, wherever she was asked to do so. There are no two opinions in the party on the issue, she clarified.