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Govindacharya had proposed to me in 1991: Uma
June 30, 2004 22:14 IST
Seeking to silence the whispers about her relationship with former Bharatiya Janata Party ideologue Govindacharya, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said though he had proposed to her in 1991, he later considered her his 'guru' after she took 'sanyas'.
She also disclosed that Govindacharya was also offering 'valuable' suggestions to her on running the government.
"Advaniji had told me that Govindji wanted to marry me and the idea was not welcomed by my elder brother Swamiprasad Lodhi," Bharti said at a function organised to release a book by Jitendra Bajaj -- Sanatan Bharat, Jagrat Bharat in Bhopal.
"After a first look at Govindji, my brother was disappointed. but I asked him to ask Advaniji about his
(Govindacharya's) qualities," she said. "However, after I took sanyas on November 17, 1992, Govindacharya touched my feet and called me his guru."
About one and half years ago, Bharti said she had heard about Govindacharya losing his vehicle and his house was "snatched" and said, "I approached him and brought him to my place, informing every party dignitary."
"To meet Govindacharya, I don't have to go to Kedarnath," she said, revealing that he comes often to her residence in Bhopal and she goes to Delhi to meet him.
She said on her suggestion, Govindacharya went for 'tapasya' for six months at Varanasi and now has been offering valuable suggestions for running the government.
Bharti said Govindacharya's words have always kept her close to the poor people whom she represents.
She said every dignitary who had "made her" was present at today's book release function, pointing to Lodhi, Laxminarayan Naik, Anil Dave, Kaptan Singh Solanki and former prime minister Chandrashekhar among others.
Govindacharya had proposed to me in 1991: Uma
I was in love with Govindacharya, says Uma Bharti
Bharatiya Janata Party firebrand leader and former Union minister Uma Bharti says she was in love with her senior party colleague K N Govindacharya and wanted to marry him.
"Yes, I was in love with him. I wanted to marry him. I used to chase him everywhere and I feel that he also loved me though he never told me so," Bharti was quoted as having said so in an interview to The Week magazine in its latest issue.
Although Govindacharya never told her about his love, he had revealed his feelings to party leader L K Advani and former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Bhaurao Devras, Bharti said.
"Bhaurao advised me that I should not marry for the sake of the masses and the country. So I gave up the idea," she said.
Asked whether she ever had a crush on anybody before taking 'sanyas' at the age of 16, Bharti said, "Yes, many. Now all those people are happily married. I am not going to name them. All of them were from the elite. I was an innocent flirt."
Denying that she was highly ambitious, she said that if that was so she would not have quit her ministerial post.
"There are more ambitious people in the party than me. I am not happy with the way the media has portrayed me. I am a 24 carat person."
Asked why she chose a self-imposed exile in Kedarnath, Bharti said she wanted to run away from the crowd and moreover she was in search of a place where she could think and rethink.
"This is one of the most divine places on earth, the abode of Lord Shiva, and I am a Shiv bhakt. Here I feel that I am communicating with Mahadev. Whatever decision I will take here, there will be no change in them."
She is still undecided about withdrawing resignation from Lok Sabha saying "Atalji spoke to me a short while ago. He says that my exile is not suiting him. I will talk to BJP leaders after the Dussehra festival."
Replying to a question about her wish in life, Bharti said, "I want to spend time in a small house by the side of a river with dogs, cows and birds. I like the company of animals and birds. I should also have a Maruti."
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