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: 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
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
Jhansi: Blaming degradation of social values for rising rape and molestation cases in the country, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said the problem can be overcome through social pressure and compulsions. “The degradation of
New Delhi: Political leaders, environmental activists and spiritual personalities came together here Monday for wide-ranging discussions on ways to clean and develop the Ganga - a river holy for the Hindus.Union Tourism and Culture Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti today said expertise from premier IITs would be utilized for cleaning Ganga River."We will be using various technologies for rejuvenation of Ganga River. We will be
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today accused the NDA government of turning the programme to clean Ganga as a “Hindutva project” by attempting to polarise politics through the initiative on the holy river. “Don't
Lucknow: Terming the condition of Indian economy as “serious”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said though the new government is working to bring the situation back on track, it will take some time to
New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought central assistance for the state in view of its peculiar geographical location and problems like drought.A state government spokesperson
Jhansi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has cautioned local officials against the possibility of Maoist elements gaining ground in the backward Bundelkhand region due to unemployment and poverty. “Maoists have an eye on the
Indore: BJP today refused to be dragged into the reported exchange of words between Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati and Union Minister Uma Bharti over the alleged comments made by the seer on the Sai Baba
New Delhi: Stepping up attack on BJP over allegations of wrongdoings in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board scam, Congress today said it was just the “tip of an iceberg” and that the “needle of
Bhopal: Amid growing demand to hand over the MPPEB scam probe to CBI, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said the accused involved in the case should not be spared at any cost.“I expect
New Delhi: A Lok Sabha MP represents the people of his or her constituency in the lower house of the parliament. In a country like India where the people living in the interiors are yet
Mathura: BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini today said her priorities would be to bring an end to the monkey menace in Vrindaban, clean the Yamuna river and to tap the region's tourism potential.The actor-turned-politician
New Delhi: As part of plans for Ganga's rejuvenation, transport of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being contemplated, an official statement said Friday.Road Transport, Highways and Shipping
New Delhi: As part of plans for Ganga's rejuvenation, transport of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being contemplated, an official statement said on Friday.Road Transport, Highways and
New Delhi: As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission to clean up the Ganges, four ministries would work hand in hand to cleanse the polluted holy river and make it a hub of spiritual
New Delhi: Attacking Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for the gangrape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Badaun, Union Minister Uma Bharti today said their statements “strengthen
New Delhi: As the controversy over HRD Minister Smriti Irani's educational qualification escalated in political circles today, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi's educational qualification.“I want to know what is
New Delhi: Uma Bharti, who had spearheaded the ‘save Ganga' campaign, was today assigned with a specially created ministry for cleaning the holy river along with water resources ministry by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who
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