On this issue, she said that she has spoken to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state BJP president B.D. Sharma. They will try to find a solution to the issue, she said. Asked if she is in political exile, Uma Bharti said, “I have not been in exile at all. I am the BJP’s national vice president. I decided not to contest elections in 2019. Why do you think only fighting election is the only way to be in politics?” On contesting elections in future, she said, “I had announced not to contest the 2019 elections and then had also said that I will contest the 2024 general elections. I never said I will not contest.”

Uma Bharti and Sadhvi Ritambhara had played a very active role during the Ramjanmabhoomi movement. On the question of participation of women in the Ram temple trust, Bharti said, “The trusts are not formed on the basis of gender, they are for a goal. How does it make a difference, the trust is for Lord Ram. I do not mind it. There are seers and saints in it. I have no objection to it.”

To a question on what changes she sees in the politics of Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP, the senior BJP leader said, “We already are a big party in Madhya Pradesh. Scindia’s arrival made a difference to the Congress, which is now finished in the state.” Asked whether her political experience has benefited the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and if she gives advice to Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the 61-year-old BJP leader said, “I have not come to that age yet, I am younger than Shivraj. But, if they come asking for advice, I am always there.”

On the question as to who is the best in her eyes among the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, she said, “Will you make us fight? I won’t tell you. That is my answer.”