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Uma Bharti

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.

Uma Bharti

Centre to launch 'Jal Gram' scheme next year: Uma Bharati
National | Nov 23, 2014, 06:42 AM IST
New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati on Saturday said that the Centre will launch the Jal Gram (Water Village) Scheme in 2015."There will be one Gram (village) in every district, which will be
Uma Bharti defends expenditure on Ganga meet
National | Nov 07, 2014, 04:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti today defended the expenditure of nearly Rs 44 lakh on a Clean Ganga meeting here, saying the money went to a government agency for organising the event and
Mulling Varanasi branch of central water research station: Uma Bharati
National | Nov 06, 2014, 11:58 AM IST
Varanasi: The Central government is mulling a proposal for opening a branch of the Central Water and Power Research Station in Varanasi with a view to intensifying study and research on rivers in the region,

Maharashtra Polls: BJP has not forgotten Ram Temple issue: Bharti
National | Oct 11, 2014, 09:12 AM IST
Aurangabad: BJP has not forgotten “forgotten” the issue, but has welcomed the decision of the High Court, party leader and Union minister Uma Bharti here today said.Bharti, who was here to campaign for Maharashtra assembly
Industries along Ganga should adopt self-regulatory measures: Uma
National | Oct 09, 2014, 07:25 AM IST
New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said industries along the Ganga river can contribute a lot in the mission to clean the river by adopting self-regulatory measures to check pollution.Addressing a
Multiple measures to be used to clean Ganga: Minister
National | Oct 07, 2014, 08:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Multiple measures, including short-term and long-term steps, would be employed to make river Ganga clean over the next three years, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati said today. “The short-term measures would take

Will devote 300 hours annually to 'Swachh Bharat' mission: Uma
National | Oct 02, 2014, 06:38 PM IST
Jhansi: Union Minister for Water Resource and local MP, Uma Bharti, today said she will devote 300 hours instead of 100 hours annually to the ‘Swachh Bharat' mission. Taking part in the campaign at different
Rajnath, Uma launch 'clean Gomti' drive in Lucknow
India | Sep 30, 2014, 02:56 PM IST
Lucknow: In a bid to make ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan' a grand success, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday pledged to rejuvenate the glory of Gomti river.Both the
Inter-linking rivers remains priority: Uma Bharti
National | Sep 26, 2014, 02:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Inter-linking of rivers remains a priority for the Central government, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said on Friday.Bharti, addressing a press conference here on completion of her 100 days in the Water Resources

Bangladeshi foreign minister arrives in India
India | Sep 18, 2014, 08:38 PM IST
New Delhi: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali arrived here Thursday for a three-day state visit, the external Affairs ministry said.He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday."Ali will call on Modi at his
Bypolls result shouldn't be linked with Modi's popularity: Uma Bharti
National | Sep 16, 2014, 10:16 PM IST
Dehradun: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti today said the reverses suffered by the party in assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat should not be linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity. “Local factors
Uma Bharti launches website on Ganga rejuvenation
India | Sep 12, 2014, 11:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti Friday launched a website on the Ganga here to expedite people's involvement in the rejuvenation of the Hindu holy river, an official statement

It's mainly BJP-vs-SP in Uttar Pradesh
National | Sep 11, 2014, 03:58 PM IST
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party and a confident BJP will be the main contenders in most of the 11 assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat where by-elections will be held Saturday.The Bharatiya
PM Narendra Modi exhorts citizens for Ganga 'seva'
National | Sep 08, 2014, 11:32 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday solicited the cooperation of all sections of society for "Ganga seva", while reiterating his call to turn rejuvenation of the Ganga river into a mass movement."Modi has called
Yamuna river needs to be cleaned, says Uma Bharti
India | Sep 03, 2014, 01:21 PM IST
Mathura: Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti stressed on cleaning the Yamuna river during a surprise visit to the ghats here.The minister visited Mathura in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday when she changed her plan to go to

More research needed to locate extinct Sarswati river : Uma Bharti
India | Aug 14, 2014, 09:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today stressed on the need for more research to locate the mythological Saraswati River.Speaking to group of scientists, archaeologists and research scholars here she said that an
Narendra Modi govt to get Saraswati, the vedic river, flowing again?
India | Aug 13, 2014, 06:34 AM IST
New Delhi: Narendra Modi government has launched efforts to unravel the mystery of river 'Saraswati' mentioned in vedic texts.Replying to a ‘calling attention motion' moved by BJP member Rattan Lal Kataria in the Lok Sabha
BJP's river linking plan likely to get push
National | Jul 27, 2014, 02:16 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP's ambitious proposal to link rivers across the country is set to get a push with the Water Resources Ministry being asked to prepare a future roadmap. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
No inter-linking projects in states not keen: Uma Bharti
National | Jul 22, 2014, 11:22 AM IST
New Delhi: Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Monday said river inter-linking projects will not be undertaken in states opposed to them and there will be justice with every state in water projects.Replying to debate on
All rivers as divine as Ganga, says Uma Bharti
India | Jul 21, 2014, 09:52 PM IST
New Delhi: All rivers are divine and the government will not neglect any of them in its zeal to rejuvenate Ganga, Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti said in the