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Uma Bharti meets Vajpayee on resignation
BJP firebrand leader Uma Bharti, who announced her decision on Monday last to take Sanyas from politics and resign Lok Sabha membership, had a meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday.
BJP firebrand leader Uma Bharti,
who announced her decision on Monday last to take Sanyas
from politics and resign Lok Sabha membership, had a meeting
with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday.
Vajpayee will have a second round meeting with Bharti
next week before taking a decision on whether to accept her
resignation from Lok Sabha and BJP's national executive, Prime
Minister's office sources said after the former union minister
met him for about 45 minutes.
Prime Minister advised her to discuss the issue with
senior party leaders including L K Advani, Kushabhau Thakre and
Bangaru Laxman and meet him again after the party's national
council meeting slated for August 27 and 28 at Nagpur, the
sources said.
She had written a letter from Madhya Pradesh to Vajpayee informing him of her decision but said she would however continue to be a primary member of the BJP and serve the people through other constructive means. Bharti had requested the Prime Minister to forward her resignation letter to Lok Sabha speaker and to the party chief.
The sources clarified that Bharti had never sought to put pressure on the prime minister for her re-induction into the union council of ministers nor had she desired for any position in the party.
Bureau Report
She had written a letter from Madhya Pradesh to Vajpayee informing him of her decision but said she would however continue to be a primary member of the BJP and serve the people through other constructive means. Bharti had requested the Prime Minister to forward her resignation letter to Lok Sabha speaker and to the party chief.
The sources clarified that Bharti had never sought to put pressure on the prime minister for her re-induction into the union council of ministers nor had she desired for any position in the party.
Bureau Report