New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on July 8 brushed aside reports that Union Minister Uma Bharti might be asked to head the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit.

"She is welcome," Singh said when asked by reports as to how he viewed reports that the senior BJP leader might be asked to head the state unit, ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections.

To a question whether Uma Bharti was being sent back to the organisation to strengthen fundamentalist forces in the state, the Congress leader said, "Their fortress has already been demolished."

Singh was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on "Community Health Insurance Scheme of Madhya Pradesh".

Asked whether his special thrust on issues like health, nutrition, drinking water and literacy could be termed as his poll preparations, the Chief Minister said, "Preparations are always made during the peace time."

PTI