Bhopal: Dispelling doubts about firebrand party leader Uma Bharti contesting the December 1 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu on October 28 said she would be in the fray.

"Why should there be any question about Uma Bharti not contesting? There should not be any doubt about her being not in the fray," Naidu told reporters when asked whether the star campaigner of BJP would fight the Assembly elections.

Asked from which constituency Bharti is likely to contest, he said everybody would come to know about her seat when the Chief Ministerial candidate files her nomination papers.

The BJP chief said none in the party had ever given the impression to anyone that Uma Bharti would not be contesting the Assembly elections and that there were wrong reports about it.

To a query about the role of BJP Legislative Party if it secures majority in the elections since Bharti has already been projected as Chief Minister, Naidu said the Legislature Party would formally put its stamp of approval.

Naidu was in Bhopal together with party general secretary Pramod Mahajan and Union Minister Arun Jaitley, election incharge for Madhya Pradesh, to review the political situation and finalise preparations for polls in the state.

PTI