Uma Bharti
| Uma Bharti उमा भारती |
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Uma Bharti
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| Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (Government of India) |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Constituency | Jhansi |
| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Pradeep Jain Aditya |
| Constituency | Jhansi,Uttar Pradesh |
| 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
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In office 8 December 2003 – 22 August 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Digvijaya Singh |
| Succeeded by | Babulal Gaur |
| Constituency | Malhara |
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3 May 1959 Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nationality |
 Indian
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Bharatiya Janshakti Party |
| Occupation | Social, political activist |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and cabinet minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation in the Union Government of India. Raised by Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, she became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a very young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first Parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, she successfully contested the Khajuraho seat, and retained it in elections conducted in 1991, 1996 and 1998. In 1999, she switched constituencies and won the Bhopal seat. Bharati held various state-level and cabinet-level portfolios in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs & Sports, and Coal & Mines during the second as well as third ministry of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
She is occasionally addressed by the Hindu honorific Sādhvī, a respectful Sanskrit title for a female renunciant.
Bharti was one of the most prominent leaders in the controversial Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1980s and 1990s, organised by the BJP and the Vishva Hindu Parishad. She was present at the demolition of the Babri Masjid, and was later indicted by the Liberhan Commission for her role in the incident.
In the 2003 Assembly polls, she led the BJP to a three-fourths majority in the Madhya Pradesh Vidhān Sabhā (Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly). She defeated her Congress opponent from the Malehra seat by a 25% margin. She resigned from the post of Chief Minister in August 2004, when an arrest warrant was issued against her regarding the 1994 Hubli riot case.
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