Asked about former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan calling himself a tiger, Bharti said, "I know him since 1984 and he is a tiger. I will remain firebrand and he (Chouhan) will be a tiger."

BJP ally Shiv Sena is pressuring the government to bring an ordinance for the construction of the temple.

Uma Bharti’s announcement comes days after another senior BJP leader Susham Swaraj, who is also the External Affairs Minister in Narendra Modi government, also decided against contesting the 2019 parliamentary polls.

In 2014, after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, she was appointed the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

She said when there could not be a temple in the holy town of Medina or a mosque in the Vatican City, it would be "unfair" to talk about a mosque in Ayodhya.

A bench of Justices RF Nariman and Indu Malhotra also sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea of trial court judge S K Yadav, whose promotion was stayed by the Allahabad High Court on the ground that the apex court had directed him to complete the trial.

Union minister Uma Bharti said today she will not contest elections for the next three years owing to health problems. She, however, clarified that she was not retiring from politics.

Addressing the media here, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said she had decided to opt out of the electoral arena due to advancing age and health issues.

Bharti was earlier admitted to AIIMS in 2016 and 2017, due to problems of chest pain and hypertension.

The Congress on December 7 suspended Aiyar from the primary membership of the party and issued him a show cause notice after he called the prime minister a "neech kism ka aadmi" (vile sort of man).

The Karni Sena chief said, “Don’t provoke us. We’ll cut off Deepika Padukone's nose as soorpanaka’s nose was cut off".

Padmavati is slated to release on December 1 and stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles.

Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah had decided to show the door to Union Minister Uma Bharti, but RSS intervention ensured it was not to be, informed sources said on Sunday.

The government had formed a committee led by Justice Girdhar Malviya (retd) in July last year to prepare the draft Ganga Act.

The charges were framed for criminal conspiracy after the court rejected the defence counsel's 'discharge application' in which the accused claimed not guilty

The BJP leaders had moved court seeking exemption from personally appearing in court for the hearing of their role in the conspiracy to raze the Islamic structure on December 6, 1992.

Uma Bharti also noted that Ganga was not an issue in the 2014 general elections but was put in the Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto.

The saffron sanyasin went on to say: "Why should Modi ji conspire? ..God willing Advani should live for 125 years, but let me tell you, there is no conspiracy about preventing him from becoming President. "

The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Wednesday on the plea filed by the CBI against conspiracy charge against BJP leaders L K Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi and Union minister Uma Bharti and 18 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case.