Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, she said, “I am not the replacement or substitute of Kalyan Singhji. I am the heiress of Kalyan Singhji.”

Uma said Kalyan is a great and tall leader and he is like a father figure for her. “But this daughter is a step ahead of that father.”

Uma claimed she was not in the race for BJP’s chief ministerial candidate for UP.

During her 15-minute address, Uma targeted Congress national general secretary Rahul Gandhi for calling her an “outsider” in UP. “Rahul has forgotten that his grandfather, grandmother, father and mother contested in elections from the constituencies which were not in their native state,” she said. Rahul was trying to the divert people’s attention from the issues of development and corruption by calling her an “outsider”, she said.

Uma said a Congress leader called her “Putna (demoness)” on Friday. “Rahul must condemn the derogatory remark made by his party leader and should personally apologise for it.”

Uma said no BJP leader will speak more on the issue but voters would give Rahul a reply in the elections.