“Yes, I am filing my nomination papers tomorrow from Barmer. Independent or not, will depend on the party 's attitude,” Mr. Singh said.
The 76-year-old leader is upset over the Barmer seat being given to recent entrant from Congress Sonaram Chowdhry.
Mr. Singh said nobody in the BJP had tried to reach him ever since he set the 48-hour deadline for quitting the party.
“If I am not emotional about my home and my party, then what am I going to be emotional about...If the party decides to talk to me, they know my numbers and how I can be reached. Since I came here, nobody has tried to reach me,” he said.
On BJP chief Rajnath Singh 's remarks that his services will be utilised appropriately, he said, “I am not a piece of furniture. The choice of the adjective adjust ' itself is indicative of the mentality. You cannot adjust with principles and it is insulting.”
On posters of Narendra Modi being torn up by Jaswant Singh 's supporters in Rajasthan, the former union minister said, “If the posters are being torn up, then I think the party has to reflect deeply why is this happening.”
Meanwhile, Manvendra Singh, Mr. Singh 's son, who is currently an MLA in the Vasundhara Raje-led government in Rajasthan, has also indicated that he might follow in his father 's footsteps.
Rejecting reports that he has written to the BJP about the current situation, he said, “I have not written to the party and I have informed the party that I am stressed out and need some rest.”
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