Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesdat that she has declined the offer extended by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the upcoming polls, saying that she “doesn’t have the kind of money” to stand in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (ANI) Sitharaman said that BJP President JP Nadda extended the option to her to either contest from Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, but she rejected the offer, pleading that she does not have the funds to contest the polls. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. While speaking at the Times Now Summit 2024, the finance minister said, “After thinking over a week or ten days, I just went back to say… maybe not. I do not have that kind of money to contest.” “I also have a problem whether it is Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu. It’s also going to be a question of various other winnability criteria that they use…Are you from this community or are you from that religion? Are you …