Talking about Uma is like wasting time: Naidu

Varanasi, Apr 8 (UNI) Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu today said talking about those who have left the party, including Uma Bharti, was like wasting time.

''We have no time to waste by talking about those who left the party, including Ms Bharti,'' Mr Naidu said while responding to a media query about the possibility of the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Bharatiya Janshakti (BJS) leader Uma Bharti returning to the BJP fold.

Mr Naidu further said neither former deputy Prime Minister L K Advani nor any senior leader had ever hinted about Ms Bharti's return to the BJP. ''This speculation is a creation of the media.'' Mr Naidu, however, said the entire party was praying for the quick recovery of estranged BJP general secretary K N Govindacharya, being treated for brain hemmorrhage at a hospital in New Delhi.

''He has been a respected leader of the party in the past and hence, we pray for the early recovery of Mr Govindacharya.'' UNI