: Uma Bharti (born May 3, 1959, Madhya Pradesh, India) is a child of destiny and displayed her immense talents right from early childhood.
Uma Bharti (born May 3, 1959, Madhya Pradesh, India) is a child of destiny and displayed her immense talents right from early childhood. Nurtured under the loving care of the High Priestess of Hindu Nationalism, the Late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior, Uma Bharati, along with the inimitable Sadhvi Ritambhara, emerged among the leading lights of the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, with her all encompassing slogan of ‘Ramlala Hum Aayenge, Madir Wahin Banayenge’
A leading campaigner for the BJP, Uma Bharati was supposed to be among the few mass leaders in a party dominated by backroom strategists. She showed her mettle in the 2003 Assembly polls when she led the BJP to a stunning three fourths majority in the Vidhan Sabha.
In order to match Ms Sonia Gandhi's refusal of the chair of the Prime Minister of India, Uma Bharati resigned as the CM in August 2004, on the issue of the right to hoist the National Flag, when a decade old case against her was resurrected.
Removal from BJP and formation of BJSP
The rising stature and mass appeal of Uma Bharati prompted other second rung leaders of the BJP to gang up against her and a series of intrigues culminated in her final expulsion from the party she had been synonymous with for more than two decades
Firstly, in November 2004, she was suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party "till further action". She was served a show-cause notice asking why she should not be expelled following her outburst against some of her party colleagues. However, due to RSS pressure, her suspension was revoked and in May 2005, she was appointed as a member of the party's national executive.
Her dramatic expulsion coincided with the Ram Roti Yatra, which she lauched after being unsuccessful in preventing Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan from becoming the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Currently Uma Bharti, having found a sympathiser in many dissiden BJP leaders like Madan Lal Khurana and Sangh Priya Gautam, is trying to revive a Hindu movement which they claim has been betrayed by the BJP's new warhorses.
Though Uma Bharati drew huge crowds during her Ram Roti Yatra and campaign for various byelections, her political fortunes have taken a nosedive. Her political outfit, called the BJSP (Bharatiya Janashakti Party) has fought & lost the byelection for her Madhya Pradesh assembly seat of Bada Malehra, even though Uma Bharati had campaigned extensively for her candidate. BJPSP has also experienced defeats in the Lok Sabha bypolls for Amethi (UP), Vidisha (MP), Bhagalpur(Bihar).
Though a section of the RSS and the BJP alongwith her spiritual guru have been trying to get Uma back into the BJP, neither an embittered Uma, who has sworn revenge nor powerful politicians like Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj want her back in the BJP.
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