Former Chief Minister and BJP's fire brand leader Uma Bharti is again in discussion these days regarding one of her statements, the opposition is targeting her for her speech given in a programme of Lodhi Samaj, Uma Bharti giving clarification on this, said that she stands by what she said, but the media quoted a part of my speech, which made her to tweet the entire part.
As a matter of fact, Uma Bharti had gone to attend a Youth Conference of Lodhi Samaj to which she belongs, where she was heard saying ““I will come on the stage for my party, I will ask for the votes of people, I never say that you are Lodhi, you vote for BJP. I tell everyone to vote for BJP as I am a loyal soldier of my party. I would not expect a bit from you (Lodhi community) that you will be a loyal soldier of the party.”
Uma Bharti's statement created panic as soon as it came in the media, Congress became an attacker on BJP, on the other hand various discussions started in BJP as well, Uma Bharti today gave her clarification by tweeting 10 tweets continuously where she confirmed what she said was right and also shared Lodhi Samaj’s apprehensions about the BJP candidates of the 2018 assembly elections.
She further said that after the formation of the new government with the support of the breakaway group of Congress, she had given a public statement that the balance of caste and region is disturbed in this cabinet.
Asserting her loyalty with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP, Uma Bharti said, “Hindutva is my loyalty, India is my life and all the needy people of the world resides in my heart. Modi is my leader, BJP is my party. I never left BJP. I was fired.
Then, to continue on the path of my duty, I formed my party in the stream of nationalist thought. Then on the invitation of the then BJP President Nitin ji, who was also supported by Modi ji, I came back to BJP merging Bhartiya Janshakti Party with BJP.”