Uma's resignation from MP Assembly accepted

Bhopal, July 18(UNI) Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti's resignation from the membership of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly was accepted on May 11, Speaker Ishwardas Rohani told the House today.

Ms Bharti represented Malehra constituency in Tikamgarh district.

On her election to the Assembly in December 2003, she became chief minister, but resigned in August 2004 after an arrest warrant was issued for her in the Hubli rioting case.

Ms Bharti was expelled from the BJP on December 5 last year when she challenged the process of electing Mr Shivraj Singh Chouhan as Chief Minister. Later, she floated Bharatiya Jan Shakti and resigned from the assembly on moral grounds.

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