Prodigal’s return a boost for BJP?

The return of the firebrand Uma Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, to the BJP on Tuesday after an interval of over five years is likely to give the beleaguered saffron party a shot in the arm. Since she was obliged to leave the party in 2005 after questioning L.K. Advani’s endorsement of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a “secular” politician, the saffron-robed Ms Bharti made several unsuccessful attempts to return to the fold.

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