By Pervez Bari
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Bhopal: Stormy of Indian politics Ms Uma Bharti, who floated her own political outfit Bharatiya Janshakti, (BJS), after being expelled from rightist Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), has said that she does not eye Indian Muslims with suspicion.
   Addressing workers here on the occasion of first foundation of her BJS, Bharti said Muslims who stayed back in India after the formation of Pakistan in 1947, had consciously decided to live with Hindus and no one should doubt about them. Her party is not anti-Muslim, she added.
   "I think that Muslims should not have no objection in considering god Ram, who is worshiped by the Hindus and adored as "Adarsh Purush" (ideal man), and "Hindutva", the philosophy of Indian culture.
   However, Bharti, who is president of her BJS, clarified that she has not formed any separate cell in her party and has no intention to do so in future also. She said:"I have no objection about Muslims offering their Namaz (Salat) and other religious ritual which is their private affair. My duty towards them when voted to power would be to see that they are getting two square meals a day and whether their children are being provided proper education".
   Meanwhile, Bharti clarified that the BJS had withdrawn its candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections on the suggestion of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal as part of a strategy on the Ram temple issue. Whether the BJP wins or loses, her party would be in a win-win position.
   "If the BJP does not get majority it would be clear that they have lost credibility among Hindus and if they come to power, I would force Atal Bihari Vajpayee to come along and inaugurate work for construction of ram temple at Ayodhya", she said. Â
   Dwelling on her party's philosophy, Bharti said that "Hindutva" would be its core philosophy but her party would not set a shop of "Hindutva" like the BJP for coming to power. It would rather concentrate on issues like unemployment, poverty, health etc. Â
   Scotching rumors about her return to the BJP, Bharti has sought the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, (RSS), the mother organization of Hindu fundamentalist outfits, intervention to check the 'repressive measures' unleashed by the BJP against her supporters and announced that she would soon launch "Parivartan Yatras" (Journeys for change) to unseat the ruling BJP from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
   "As part of the strategy to unseat the BJP from power in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the 2008 elections, "Parivartan Yatras" would be launched in these States from May 15," Bharti said.
   "Even as the RSS' soft corner for its pet offspring BJP was well known, it should stop extending support to the BJP, which lost its relevance after being drifted away from its ideology and continued its tirade against pro-Hindu outfits like the BJS," Bharti, who was at her belligerent best, thundered.
   "A propaganda was being made in a calculated manner about the possibility of her return to the BJP. However, the BJS would carry on with its pro-Hindu agenda and it would not be surprising if the BJP merged with BJS," the expelled BJP leader said.
   Charging that the BJP Government in Madhya Pradesh had backtracked on its poll promises, Bharti, the former Chief Minister of the state called upon her supporters to observe a one-day fast as a token of repentance for 'ditching the electorate'.