Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini will not contest the coming Lok Sabhaelections but will campaign for the BJP, party President Rajnath Singh said onSaturday.

"We wanted Hema Malini to contest the Lok Sabha elections and even askedher for her opinion on the issue. After deliberating, she told me that shewould like to campaign for the BJP but was not keen on contesting,"Rajnath told reporters here.

Hema is a BJP MP in the Rajya Sabha where her tenure expires in September,2010. Rajnath's remarks came against the backdrop of reports that the BJP couldfield the "dream-girl" from New Delhi constituency.

With her being ruled out, the propsects of Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra or GeneralSecretary Vijay Goel getting BJP ticket for New Delhi constituency may havebrightened, party sources said.

The yesteryears filmstar has been a big crowd-puller for the BJP in assemblyelections held last year in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The BJP is alsonot likely to field Malini's husband and actor Dharmendra who is a sitting LokSabha MP from Bikaner. The constituency has been reserved post-delimitation.

Another matinee idol and sitting BJP MP Vinod Khanna has been given partyticket from Gurdaspur in Punjab. Film-star Shatrughan Sinha is likely tocontest from Patnasaheb in Bihar.