Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and firebrand orator Uma Bharti says she is in love with Nagpur. "So many people and places that are very important in my life are here in this city. That is the reason I come here frequently. In fact, I am looking for a house to settle here," she said.
Bharti, who has been desperately seeking re-entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party that she left some years ago, said her frequent visits to Nagpur had nothing to do with her politics. On Monday, in an interaction with media, she could not evade the question on her regular visits to the city. She replied: "As an 8-year-old kid when I visited Nagpur for the first time, I fell in love with this city. I have never stopped the visits and have stayed here for months at Geeta Mandir or with families like that of M G Vaidya with whom I have deep bonding."
Asked about her meeting with BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday, she said Gadkari was like her elder brother. "I go to his place for the excellent food. We both enjoy good food. No wonder we both look heavy on that count," she quipped. On being asked if politics was on the menu, she quickly replied in the negative. In the same breath, she added that the BJP chapter was not closed for her as yet.
"It is for Gadkari to take a final call whether I should be in the BJP or not. However, I have told him that he could count on my full co-operation in Uttar Pradesh where people badly need change of governance. Situation in that state is so bad that people have forgotten they have a right to live in dignity," she said. "I told Gadkari that even without being a BJP member I can work in consonance with the party in the coming elections in UP."
Bharti said she was fully supporting yoga guru Swami Ramdeo's anti-corruption movement being launched here on Wednesday. Asked if the Swami should enter politics, Uma shot back: "If kin of convicted terrorists can enter politics, why can't saints like Baba Ramdeo join politics?"
Bharti, who has been desperately seeking re-entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party that she left some years ago, said her frequent visits to Nagpur had nothing to do with her politics. On Monday, in an interaction with media, she could not evade the question on her regular visits to the city. She replied: "As an 8-year-old kid when I visited Nagpur for the first time, I fell in love with this city. I have never stopped the visits and have stayed here for months at Geeta Mandir or with families like that of M G Vaidya with whom I have deep bonding."
Asked about her meeting with BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday, she said Gadkari was like her elder brother. "I go to his place for the excellent food. We both enjoy good food. No wonder we both look heavy on that count," she quipped. On being asked if politics was on the menu, she quickly replied in the negative. In the same breath, she added that the BJP chapter was not closed for her as yet.
"It is for Gadkari to take a final call whether I should be in the BJP or not. However, I have told him that he could count on my full co-operation in Uttar Pradesh where people badly need change of governance. Situation in that state is so bad that people have forgotten they have a right to live in dignity," she said. "I told Gadkari that even without being a BJP member I can work in consonance with the party in the coming elections in UP."
Bharti said she was fully supporting yoga guru Swami Ramdeo's anti-corruption movement being launched here on Wednesday. Asked if the Swami should enter politics, Uma shot back: "If kin of convicted terrorists can enter politics, why can't saints like Baba Ramdeo join politics?"
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