New Delhi, July 12 -- After being denied the BJP ticket from the Datia Assembly constituency, former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra reached Delhi on Sunday to meet the party's senior leadership.

Mishra, who contested from the Datia seat in the 2023 Assembly elections but lost, was replaced by Ashutosh Tiwari as the BJP's candidate for the upcoming bye-election.

Mishra will attend Ashutosh Tiwari's nomination filing on Monday. Tiwari will face Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh in the electoral contest.

Following the BJP's decision to deny Mishra a ticket, his supporters protested in Datia on Saturday, where demonstrators blocked National Highway-44 for nearly 11 hours. Eight police personnel were injured in the stone-pelt...