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Uma Bharti

Uma Bharti is an Indian politician and the current Union Minister for Water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation in the Government of India. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and has held various state and national level portfolios in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs and sports and coal and mines. Addressed as Sadhvi, a respectful Sanskrit title for female renunciant, Bharti is known for her involvement in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the demolition of Babri Masjid. She also has strong relations with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and she follows the ideology of the Sangh. Born on 3rd May 1959 in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh in a religious Lodhi family, Uma Bharti was born to a family of peasants. She attended the school up to the sixth standard and as a child, she was deeply influenced as well as interested in religious texts like Bhagwad Geeta and she started to give religious discourses while she was still a child. She then came in contact with Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia who later became her political mentor. Her mentor Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia introduced her to BJP when she was in her early twenties. She contested the Lok Sabha elections for the first time in 1984, the elections after Indira Gandhis assassination. She lost the election because of the Congress wave after Indira Gandhis assassination. In 1988, she was elected as the vice-president of the BJP Madhya Pradesh unit and in the 1989 Lok Sabha election, she contested the election from Khajuraho constituency and was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time. As a Member of Parliament, she became the Member of Consultative Committee and Ministry of Agriculture. From 1991-93, she was the Member of Public Accounts Committee. She again won the 1991 Lok Sabha election from Khajuraho and retained the seat in 1996 and 1998 Lok Sabha elections. She rose to national recognition as one of the prominent faces of Ram janmabhoomi movement and her fiery speeches are considered as one of the reasons for the movement to achieve its momentum. In December 1992, she was one of the faces present at a rally in Ayodhya that developed into a riot and led to demolition o the Babri Masjid. She was indicted for inciting the mob to violence but she denied that she incited the mob but she said that she does not regret it and is ready to take the moral responsibility for the demolition. In 1993, she became the President of the BJP Youth Wing. After winning the 1996 Lok Sabha election, she became a member of Committee on Science and Technology as well as Environment and Forests. After winning the 1998 elections, she became the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development. In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, she switched her constituency from Khajuraho to Bhopal. She won the election and became a cabinet member in the Vajpayee government and held various posts like Union Minister of state for Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs and Sports and Coal and Mines. In the Madhya Pradesh state assembly elections, Bharti was appointed as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the BJP and she did a fierce campaigning for her party on the agenda of development and Hindutva and she led her party to win a three-fourth majority in the legislature. She contested from Malehra constituency and became the Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. On 8th December 2003, she became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. In August 2004, an arrest warrant was issued against Uma Bharti with the connection of the Hubli riots of 1994 and she was forced to resign. She also had a public falling out with Lal Krishna Advani and she was suspended from the party. At the insistence of RSS, her suspension was revoked but after joining the party back, she again started to publicly defy BJP high command and insisted that she should replace Shivraj Singh Chauhan s the Chief Minister of the state. The BJP then sent several show-cause notices to her and eventually expelled her from the party. After being expelled, she created her own political party called Bharatiya Janshati Party and stated that her party followed the ideology of RSS. However her party didnt receive any political success. Bharti was re-inducted to BJP in 2011 and was tasked for reviving the BJP in the upcoming 2012 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh. She contested the assembly elections from Charkhari constituency in Mahoba district and became a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Uma Bharti along with twelve others was appointed at the position of vice president and had the responsibility to guide BJP through the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. She contested the Lok Sabha elections from Jhansi constituency and won the election by defeating Chandrapal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party. She was then appointed as the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation by newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26t May 2014. Uma Bharti is unmarried and is known for her controversial statements. In late November 2011, after the governments decision to allow 51% Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail and 100% in single brand, she threatened Walmart with arson if they tried to enter Indian market. She also holds a weekday fast in July 2007 protesting against the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project and stated that the bridge must be saved. Some of her publishing include Swami Vivekanand in 1972, Peace of Mind in Africa in 1978 and Manav Ek Bhakti Ka Naata in 1983.

Uma Bharti Courts Controversy Saying Country Will View Priyanka Gandhi as 'Thief's Wife'
PTI | April 17, 2019 2:43 PM IST
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday courted controversy by saying the country will see Priyanka Gan...
Uma Bharti Courts Controversy Saying Country Will View Priyanka Gandhi as 'Thief's Wife'
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LS Polls 2019: Uma Bharti Attacks Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Calls Her 'Wife of a Thief'
India.com News Desk | April 16, 2019 9:41 PM IST
New Delhi: In a blatant attack on Priyanka Gandhi, Union Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday said that Co...
LS Polls 2019: Uma Bharti Attacks Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Calls Her 'Wife of a Thief'
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BJP's Uma Bharti Says Only LK Advani Can Clear The Air on Why he Was Not Named Candidate For Lok Sabha Polls
PTI | March 24, 2019 5:47 PM IST
BJP leader and Union minister Uma Bharti Sunday said it is for LK Advani to clear the "mist", after ...
BJP's Uma Bharti Says Only LK Advani Can Clear The Air on Why he Was Not Named Candidate For Lok Sabha Polls
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2019-03-24T06:47:03+00:00
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP Releases Another List of 46 Candidates, Announces 6 Names For Gujarat, Goa Assembly By-poll Also
India.com News Desk | March 23, 2019 9:45 PM IST
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released another list of 46 candidates for the upcom...
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP Releases Another List of 46 Candidates, Announces 6 Names For Gujarat, Goa Asse
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2019-03-23T10:45:56+00:00
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 'SP Will Attack You Again, Contact me, I Will Rescue You,' Uma Bharti Assures Mayawati
India.com News Desk | March 15, 2019 4:35 PM IST
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabh...
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 'SP Will Attack You Again, Contact me, I Will Rescue You,' Uma Bharti Assures Mayaw
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Shock for masses if Ram temple not built under Modi-Yogi: Uma Bharti
PTI Feeds | December 30, 2018 9:51 PM IST
Bhopal, Dec 30 (PTI) Union minister Uma Bharti Sunday said people would be "surprised" and "shocked"...
Shock for masses if Ram temple not built under Modi-Yogi: Uma Bharti
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Naseeruddin Shah’s Bulandshahr Remark Part of a 'Bigger Conspiracy', Says Uma Bharti
India.com News Desk | December 24, 2018 2:08 PM IST
New Delhi: Referring to Naseeruddin Shah's recent remarks on Bulandshahr violence, Union Minister Um...
Naseeruddin Shah’s Bulandshahr Remark Part of a 'Bigger Conspiracy', Says Uma Bharti
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Veteran BJP Leader Uma Bharti to Give Polls a Skip, Focus on Ram Temple Instead
India.com News Desk | December 4, 2018 4:06 PM IST
New Delhi: If reports are to be believed, after Sushma Swaraj, another senior BJP leader would be dr...
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Veteran BJP Leader Uma Bharti to Give Polls a Skip, Focus on Ram Temple Instead
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2018-12-04T05:06:35+00:00
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Ayodhya: Uma Bharti Welcomes Sena Involvement, Says 'BJP Doesn't Have Patent on Ram Mandir'
India.com News Desk | November 26, 2018 9:48 AM IST
New Delhi: Shiv Sena and the BJP don't see eye to eye on a lot of issues and things have come to a h...
Ayodhya: Uma Bharti Welcomes Sena Involvement, Says 'BJP Doesn't Have Patent on Ram Mandir'
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2018-11-25T22:48:24+00:00
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Rahul Gandhi Pulls up CP Joshi Over His Statement Against PM Narendra Modi, Asks Him to Apologise
India.com News Desk | November 23, 2018 11:14 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed party leader CP Joshi for his casteist ...
Rahul Gandhi Pulls up CP Joshi Over His Statement Against PM Narendra Modi, Asks Him to Apologise
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'PM Narendra Modi, Uma Bharti Not Qualified to Speak on Religion': Congress's CP Joshi During Rally in Poll-bound Rajasthan
India.com News Desk | November 22, 2018 10:32 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress leader CP Joshi stoked a controversy on Thursday by claiming that Prime Minister...
'PM Narendra Modi, Uma Bharti Not Qualified to Speak on Religion': Congress's CP Joshi During Rally in Poll-b
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2018-11-22T11:32:05+00:00
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Hindus Most Tolerant, Talks of Mosque Close to Ram Mandir Can Make Them 'Intolerant', Warns Uma Bharti
India.com News Desk | November 4, 2018 6:35 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti said on Sunday that while the Hindus are the "most tolerant" pe...
Hindus Most Tolerant, Talks of Mosque Close to Ram Mandir Can Make Them 'Intolerant', Warns Uma Bharti
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Ayodhya Dispute: Ram Temple Construction is my Dream, Says Uma Bharti; Promises Full Support
India.com News Desk | November 4, 2018 8:12 AM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti raked up the issue of Ram Temple and said that she is ready to ...
Ayodhya Dispute: Ram Temple Construction is my Dream, Says Uma Bharti; Promises Full Support
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2018-11-03T21:12:27+00:00
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Madhya Pradesh Government re-allots Official Bungalows to Former CMs Ahead of Assembly Polls
India.com News Desk | July 28, 2018 4:47 PM IST
Bhopal, Jul 28: The Madhya Pradesh government has reportedly re-allotted the official bunglows to at...
Madhya Pradesh Government re-allots Official Bungalows to Former CMs Ahead of Assembly Polls
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2018-07-28T05:47:24+00:00
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Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid Dispute: Supreme Court to Resume Hearing in Ayodhya Case Today
India.com News Desk | July 6, 2018 12:00 AM IST
New Delhi, Jul 6: The Supreme Court is slated to resume final hearing on the Babri Masjid-Ram Temple...
Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid Dispute: Supreme Court to Resume Hearing in Ayodhya Case Today
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2018-07-05T13:00:46+00:00
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Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir Dispute: Timeline of Ayodhya Case
India.com News Desk | December 5, 2017 10:14 AM IST
New Delhi, Dec 5: Just a day before the 25th anniversary of the medieval-era Babri Masjid demolition...
Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir Dispute: Timeline of Ayodhya Case
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Committee Including Historians, Filmmakers, Protesters And The Censor Board Can End Padmavati Row, Says Uma Bharti
India.com News Desk | November 4, 2017 8:19 AM IST
New Delhi, Nov 4: In a bid to end the ongoing controversy surrounding upcoming movie 'Padmavati', Un...
Committee Including Historians, Filmmakers, Protesters And The Censor Board Can End Padmavati Row, Says Uma B
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Congress Benefited Most From Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination, Says Uma Bharti
Rini Sharma | October 12, 2017 1:51 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 12: Union Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said that if someone has gained the maximum...
Congress Benefited Most From Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination, Says Uma Bharti
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I Didn't Fail as Water Resources Minister, Says Uma Bharti
ANI Feeds | September 6, 2017 12:51 AM IST
New Delhi, September 6: Two days after losing the water resources and Ganga rejuvenation portfolio, ...
I Didn't Fail as Water Resources Minister, Says Uma Bharti
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PM Modi's Ministry Reshuffle: RK Singh, Ashwini Kumar Choubey to Take Oath Tomorrow, Says Report; Here is The List of Nine New Ministers
India.com News Desk | September 2, 2017 9:30 PM IST
New Delhi, September 2: Nine new ministers will take oath on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Mo...
PM Modi's Ministry Reshuffle: RK Singh, Ashwini Kumar Choubey to Take Oath Tomorrow, Says Report; Here is The
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