Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti today charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with being 'directionless and indecisive' and blamed his government for undoing the 'good deeds' of the Vajpayee government.

Before Singh became prime minister, none had 'disrespect' towards him but now he 'appears lost' and is not showing the 'moral courage' to act on the 'tainted ministers' issue, Bharti told reporters before embarking on the second day of her 'Tiranga Yatra'.

"Six years of development done by the Vajpayee government has been undone in three months by the Manmohan Singh government," she charged. "The prime minister is not functioning independently and is ineffective."

Bharti also flayed the 'so-called detoxication' of textbooks begun by Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, saying it was influenced by the Leftists.

"A thought should be countered by another thought and not by raising needless controversies. Let there be a public debate on so-called saffronisation of education by the NDA government."

Asked if her 'Tiranga Yatra' would benefit the BJP in the Maharashtra polls, she said it might but 'it is for you to analyse'.

On the warning by Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that his government would take action if there was a law and order problem because of the 'Tiranga Yatra', Bharti shot back: "Why should there be a law and order problem because of the national flag?"

Accusing the Congress of suffering from the 'mindset' of Mohammed Ali Jinnah on the tricolour issue, she said, "They should not follow Jinnah's party. They should follow Gandhi's party."

On a reported threat by some Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh to move the Election Commission to seek her disqualification from the assembly membership for not disclosing the criminal case pending against her in Hubli, she said she was not aware of the case. "I was not served the Non-Bailable Warrant. I don't see any problem."

Bharti said response to her 'Tiranga Yatra' on the first day when she covered 296 kms was 'extraordinary and thrilling'.

She would raise one new issue each day of her 16-day yatra, she said.