Occasionally addressed by the Hindu honorific Sadhvi, Uma Bharti currently is currently serving as the cabinet minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government. At a young age, she became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She contested her first parliamentary election in 1984. However, she was unsuccessful. Bharti, in 1989, successfully contested from the Khajuraho seat. She retained the seat it in elections conducted in 1991, 1996 and 1998. In 1999, she fought from Bhopal seat and won. For the 2003 Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Bharti was appointed the Chief Ministerial candidate of the saffron party. She led the party to a sweeping victory in which it won 173 out of 230 seats in the state. In 2014, after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, she was appointed the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. She held the post until September 2017.
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Whether I turn 75 or 85, I will remain active in politics and contest the next election. I like politics very much, said Uma Bharti.
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Uma Bharti offered 'Ganga Jal' at the gate of the fort after being denied entry to Someshwar Dham Shiva temple.
The saffron party leader, who earlier pushed for total prohibition in the state, for the last few months had been seeking regularisation of alcohol sale in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls are due by the year-end.
MP: Addressing the media here, Bharti claimed a liquor shop located near the famous Ram Raja Sarkar temple at Orchha in Niwari district, around 350 km from Bhopal, was illegal.
Referring to MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's recent statement that if people stop consuming liquor, he will immediately close these shops, Bharti said “When people won't drink liquor then how these shops will run?
The former Union minister said that through her act, she has warned the local administration to get the liquor shop shut within a week.
As a video containing Bharti's critical comments against bureaucracy surfaced on social media on Monday, Singh had criticised her for telling him to speak less, while she herself used "highly objectionable" words against bureaucrats.
The video is said to be of Saturday (September 18) when a delegation of OBC Mahasabha had met Uma Bharti at her bungalow in Bhopal.
BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said the Uttarakhand flood tragedy triggered by a glacier burst is a matter of concern as well as a warning, and added that as a minister she had spoken against having any power project on the Ganga and its major tributaries.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti said Friday the "suspicious" action of UP police in the Hathras incident has "dented" the image of the BJP, the state government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and requested him to allow media persons and politicians to meet the victim's family.
BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh, all accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, are unlikely to be present in the trial court on Wednesday at the time of delivery of verdict in the matter.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president and former Union minister Uma Bharti has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. She has quarantined herself at Vande Mataram Kunj between Haridwar and Rishikesh.
Taking to Twitter, Uma Bharti said that she is concerned about the health of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others who will be attending the mega event at Ayodhya, amid the Corona pandemic.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti was hospitalised on Monday, a day after after she slipped and injured herself at an ashram near Rishikesh.
BJP National Vice President Uma Bharti has requested the party leadership to refrain from 'compromising on morals' by taking support from Gopal Kanda.
Bharti also targeted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying by choosing to contest elections from Amethi and Wayanad, he has accepted defeat.
In her tweet, she also said that her part in defeating him had ended in 2003 after she dethroned him as the Chief Minister of the state.
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