Is Uma Bharti planning a return to MP politics?
Is Uma Bharti planning a return to MP politics? | India Today Insight
The former Union minister’s self-imposed exile ends in 2022, just in time to start preparing for the 2023 state assembly election
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UPDATED: January 28, 2021 00:37 IST
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti speaks to media after the party s victory in Madhya Pradesh State Assembly by-elections, Bhopal, Nov. 2020 (ANI)
Former Union minister and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti, who has been on a self-imposed three-year break from electoral politics since the 2019 Lok Sabha election, is in the news again. The
sanyasin, in Bhopal for a few days, has been holding forth on various subjects, speaking her mind to the media. Political watchers feel Bharti is preparing for her political comeback and it is going to be in her own state and not in Uttar Pradesh, where she was ‘banished’ to after she fell out with the BJP leadership in Madhya Pradesh.
Allahabad high court
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has fixed January 6, 2021 for the final hearing of a case filed by senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, challenging criminal proceedings initiated against her in the year 2012 at Mahoba district for obstructing a public servant from performing his duties.
Earlier, on October, 17, the high court had vacated the stay order granted earlier on the said criminal proceedings and had directed the trial court of Mahoba district to proceed with the trial in accordance with law.
The allegations against Uma Bharti was that in the year 2012, she and her supporters, during a political event at Charkhari of Mahoba district, forcefully stopped a public servant from discharging his duty and also violated the prohibitory orders promulgated at that point of time.
The Allahabad High Courtwill hear on January 6 next year a plea filed by former union minister Uma Bharti challenging the criminal proceedings initiatedagainst her in 2012 for allegedly obstructing a public servant from performing his duties. Earlier on October 17, 2020, the high court haddirected the lower court to proceed with the trial in accordance with the law. It was alleged that Bharti and her supporters, during a political event at Charkhari, Mahoba in 2012, forcibly stopped a public servant from discharging his duty and violated prohibitory orders. Justice Suneet Kumar passed the order on Thursday, fixing the hearing for January 6 on a petitionfiled by the BJP leader and six others.
Upset UP BJP MLA returns his security
Fri, Dec 18 2020 10:10:19 AM
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 18 (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from the Charkhari Assembly constituency in Mahoba district, Brij Bhushan Rajput has returned his security cover and bodyguards, alleging police laxity and bias in the probe into the attack on his vehicle.
The attack had happened on Saturday last.
The MLA accused police of having a soft corner towards the accused who attacked his vehicle even though they are history sheeters.
In a letter to the Mahoba District Magistrate and personal secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajput said that he is returning the security cover provided to him since police officials are not taking interest in arresting those who had attacked his vehicle.
Upset UP BJP MLA returns his security
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Fri, Dec 18 2020 9:42 IST |
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Upset UP BJP MLA returns his security. Image Source: IANS News
Mahoba : , Dec 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from the Charkhari Assembly constituency in Mahoba district, Brij Bhushan Rajput has returned his security cover and bodyguards, alleging police laxity and bias in the probe into the attack on his vehicle.
The attack had happened on Saturday last.
The MLA accused police of having a soft corner towards the accused who attacked his vehicle even though they are history sheeters.
In a letter to the Mahoba District Magistrate and personal secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajput said that he is returning the security cover provided to him since police officials are not taking interest in arresting those who had attacked his vehicle.