Jaswant Singh unhappy with BJP ?

It is turning out to be a scorcher of a Thursday for the BJP. LK Advani has not yet ceded to the party's request to run for Parliament from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Another veteran, Jaswant Singh, is also fighting the party line for a constituency in Rajasthan, say sources.

Mr Singh, 75, wants to contest the national election from Barmer. He has never represented it in the Lok Sabha, but has reportedly told the party that he wants to contest what is likely to be his last election, from the constituency where he was born. His family hails from Jasol, a village in Barmer.

Mr Singh has won Lok Sabha elections before from Chittorgarh in Rajasthan in 1991 and 1996, and from Darjeeling in West Bengal in 2009.

"Don't go looking for stories," said party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman today, amid reports that Mr Singh has threatened to contest the election as an independent, if he is not declared the BJP's candidate from Barmer.


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