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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New Delhi, Jan 17: Accepting Uma Bharati's hold over OBC votes in Uttar Pradesh, BJP could field her as a candidate in the poll-bound state.Sources in BJP said party chief Nitin Gadkari was keen on
New Delhi, Jan 11: Terming religion-based quota for Muslims as a “dirty gameplan” of the Congress to divide the nation again, BJP today said it will oppose any such move by launching a nation-wide mass
Lucknow, Dec 5: Attacking UP Chief Minister Mayawati, the BJP today alleged that her brother and his wife had siphoned off huge amounts of money and parked it through ghost companies in Noida and dared
New Delhi, Nov 15: BJP today termed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's decision to divide the state into four parts as a “political stunt” before the Assembly elections and indicated that one of these states
Varanasi, Oct 13: Batting for L K Advani as BJP's prime ministerial candidate, party leader Uma Bharti today claimed that he is the “most capable person” to lead the country in the present situation.Welcoming Advani's
Patna, Jul 10: BJP leader Uma Bharti today refused to attach any significance to the padyatra by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying he got the attention of the media, which hyped his padayatra.“I don't
Kanpur, July 5 : BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday said that even though the Central government has declared Ganga as a national river, it has failed to enact a law declaring the same.Uma Bharti,
Ghaziabad, Jul 1 : Apparently with an eye on the upcoming polls in the state next year, BJP leader and the party in-charge in Uttar Pradesh Uma Bharti launched her ambitious Ganga cleaning project here.Starting
New Delhi, Jun 25 : Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today sought to drive a wedge in the BJP over Uma Bharti's meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying she cannot gain her desired position
New Delhi, Jun 25: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and demanded that quick and effective action be taken to save river Ganga and prevent parties from playing politics over
Lucknow, Jun 22 : Digvijay Singh Is Rahul Gandhi's Stepney, Says Uma Bharti Terming AICC general secretary and UP incharge Digvijay Singh as a "stepney" of Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Uma Bharti today claimed that
After senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani indicated that she would return to the party soon, Hindutva leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said she was willing to rejoin BJP and take the responsibility
New Delhi, Dec 11: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today indicated that firebrand Hindutva leader Uma Bharti would return to the party soon to strengthen the organization in Uttar Pradesh and contest elections from
New Delhi, Nov 13 : BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said he wanted expelled leader Uma Bharti to come back to the party-fold but the issue has been put on the back-burner as she has
Bhopal: Former BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday termed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ayodhya title suits as the happiest moment of her life, saying it has proved that Lord Ram was born at
Somnath: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Saturday side stepped questions on the possible return of expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti to the party, after she accompanied him on the Somnath temple visit. "She
Bhopal, Several months after she quit the presidentship of her Bharatiya Janashakti Party, speculation is rife about the possible return of former Madhya Pradesh Chief minister, Uma Bharti to the BJP. The BJP central parliamentary
The BJP on Sunday said the re-induction of former party leaders Uma Bharti and Govindacharya into its fold was under consideration of the central leadership. "The matter is under consideration. But, a final decision in
BJP on Thursday appeared divided over taking back Uma Bharti with a section feeling she is unpredictable and will prove to be a liability while some others held that she will be useful for strengthening
In a surprise development, Uma Bharti on Thursday quit Bharatiya Janashakti, a party she had founded and was heading after being sacked from BJP in 2005. The resignation came amid speculation that the firebrand Hindutva leader
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