Bhopal, July 12 -- Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Sunday said he did not meet the top BJP leadership during his visit to Delhi, after being denied the party ticket to the Datia bypoll.

Mishra's clarification came after he travelled to the national capital after the BJP denied him a ticket for the Datia Assembly bye-election and fielded Ashutosh Tiwari instead. Mishra had contested and lost the Datia Assembly seat in the 2023 elections.

"I didn't meet any leader," Mishra told reporters. When asked whether he had met BJP national president Nitin Nabin, he replied, "No, no such meeting took place. I wasn't even called for one."

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