BJP's prodigal daughter Uma Bharati set to return?

Puttur, March 14: The presence of Bharatiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharati at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha here fuelled speculation that the former Madhya Pradesh CM would rejoin her parent party BJP. Uma Bharti apparently is trying to seek blessings of the RSS leadership to pave her re-entry in to her parent party.

Uma Bharati was suspended from the BJP in November 2004 till further action and served a showcause notice asking why she should not be expelled following her outburst against L K Advani, in full glare of television cameras. However, due to RSS pressure, her suspension was revoked and in May 2005, she was appointed member of the party's national executive. She was however, expelled from the BJP later that year.

This was for her revolt against the appointment of Shivraj Singh Chauhan as the CM of Madhya Pradesh. After her expulsion, Uma Bharati undertook a padyatra' from Bhopal to Ayodhya and called it the Ram Roti Yatra.

The RSS top brass here were tight lipped about her presence at the venue. "She may be in Puttur, but I do not have information about her presence at the ABPS," said Ram Madhav, national executive committee member of RSS, when contacted by TOI. Police confirmed that Uma reached Puttur by road from Goa at around 4 pm. She has been provided with a pilot and an escort vehicle as she has got Z category security.

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Udupi: Hindutva activist arrested for allegedly raping young woman while out on bail

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December 1,2025

Udupi, Dec 1: A horrific case of alleged rape has unfolded in Udupi, where a worker from a Hindutva organisation, previously arrested and released on bail for harassing a young woman, is now accused of waylaying and sexually assaulting her.

The arrested individual has been identified as Pradeep Poojary (26), a member of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike's Nairkode unit in Perdur.

Poojary had allegedly been relentlessly harassing the young woman, pressuring her to marry him. When she bravely stood up to him and refused his demands, she filed a formal complaint at the Hiriyadka police station. He was subsequently arrested in that initial harassment case but was later granted bail.

According to police reports, driven by the same malicious grudge, Poojary allegedly intercepted the woman again on November 29. While she was walking through a deserted area, the accused is claimed to have threatened her by grabbing her neck. When she again refused to marry him, he allegedly proceeded to rape her.

The survivor immediately informed her family about the traumatic assault. Following this, her parents lodged a complaint at the Udupi women’s police station.

Police arrested Poojary again and produced him before the court. He has since been remanded to judicial custody.

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