New Delhi: With the BJP taking its time to announce its candidate from Indore, eight-time MP Sumitra Mahajan has decided to not contest the upcoming elections. In a letter, Mahajan, the Lok Sabha Speaker, said she has freed the party to make its choice. Mahajan turns 76 next week. She told PTI that there had been speculation about whether the party would field someone who has crossed the 75-year age bar. On Thursday, BJP chief Amit Shah had told The Week magazine that it was his party’s decision not to give Lok Sabha poll tickets to those above 75 years of age even though he did not named Mahajan.

Miffed With Delay in Naming BJP Indore Candidate, Sumitra Mahajan Backs Out of Polls